Machibuse

Machibuse

Directed by	Hiroshi Inagaki
Screenplay by	Kyu Fujiki Hideo Oguni Hajime Takaiwa Ichiro Miyakawa^[1]
Starring	Toshiro Mifune Shintaro Katsu Kinnosuke Nakamura Ruriko Asaoka
Music by	Masaru Sato^[1]
Cinematography	Kazuo Yamada^[1]
Production company	Mifune Productions^[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	29 April 1970 (1970-04-29) (Japan)
Running time	118 minutes^[1]
Country	Japan

Machibuse (Japanese: 待ち伏せ) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Cast

Toshiro Mifune − The yojimbo
Yujiro Ishihara − Yataro
Ruriko Asaoka − Okuni
Shintaro Katsu − Gentetsu
Kinnosuke Nakamura − Heima Ibuki
Chusha Ichikawa − Unknown Samurai

Release

Machibuse was released in Japan by Toho on April 29, 1970.^[1] It was released by Toho International in the United States with English subtitles as The Ambush on December 18, 1970.^[1] The film was re-issued in 1971 under the title Machibuse.^[1]

References

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 103.

Sources

Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.

External links

Machibuse at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Hiroshi Inagaki

Sword for Hire (1952)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
The Lone Journey (1955)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Arashi (1956)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls part II (1958)
Rickshaw Man (1958)
The Birth of Japan (1959)
Life of an Expert Swordsman (1959)
The Story of Osaka Castle (1961)
Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962)
Samurai Banners (1969)
Machibuse (1970)

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