Eleven Samurai
| Eleven Samurai Ju-ichinin no Samurai | |
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| Directed by | Eiichi Kudo |
| Screenplay by | Takeo Kunihiro Noribumi Suzuki Kei Tasaka |
| Produced by | Shigeru Okada |
| Starring | Isao Natsuyagi Kōtarō Satomi Kōji Nanbara Junko Miyazono Kantarō Suga Kō Nishimura Ryūtarō Ōtomo |
| Cinematography | Sadaji Yoshida |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Eleven Samurai (Japanese: 十一人の侍, romaji: Jūichinin no Samurai), also known as 11 Samurai, is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo. This is the third and final chapter in Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy. The plot is a samurai epic with a loose historical basis. "The young Lord Nariatsu was probably modeled after the real life figure of Matsudaira Nariyoshi, also known as Matsudaira Tokunosuke (1819-1839)," who was the 19th or the 20th son of the Shōgun Ienari (1787–1837) and the younger brother of the Shōgun Ieyoshi (1837–1853). "Nariyoshi died when he was 19 years old--a perfect fit for this story. The circumstances surrounding his death are obscure, which is also very convenient for dramatic purposes."