The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail
Akira Kurosawa
Japan,
1945
The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and kabuki theater, and here it becomes one of the director’s most riveting early films.
Details
- 59 min
- B&W
- 1.33:1
Formats
- DVD
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