Machibuse (1970)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Action, Drama
Release: 1970-12-18
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Writers: Kyu Fujiki , Ichirô Miyagawa , Hideo Oguni , Hajime Takaiwa
Language: Japanese
Stars: Toshirō Mifune , Yûjirô Ishihara , Ruriko Asaoka , Shintarō Katsu , Kinnosuke Nakamura , Chûsha Ichikawa , Ichirô Arishima , Mika Kitagawa , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Jotaro Togami
Runtime: 117 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Incident at Blood Island , Incident at Blood Pass (Australia) , L'embuscade (France, French Republic) , Ambush (United States of America) , The Ambush , Lung fu biu haak (Hong Kong) , 待ち伏せ (Japan) , Incident at Blood Pass , The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass , Zasadzka (Poland) , Ambush at Blood Pass (United Kingdom) , Machibuse , Incident at Blood Pass (Canada) , Emboscada (Brazil) , The Incident at Blood Pass (Hong Kong) , Засада в ущелье смерти
Plot: In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
IMDB:tt0066031