Rise Against the Sword (1966)
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
Released: Nov 25, 1966
Runtime: 101 minutes
Genre: History, Action, War, Drama
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Makoto Satō, Yuriko Hoshi, Kichijirō Ueda, Ryo Tamura, Nobuko Otowa
Crew: Hiroshi Inagaki (Director), Kôichi Iwashita (Editor), Hiroshi Ueda (Production Design), Yoshio Nishikawa (Sound), Kazuo Yamada (Director of Photography), Kan Ishii (Original Music Composer)