Legend of the Eight Samurai
| Legend of the Eight Samurai | |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Toshio Kamata Kinji Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Haruki Kadokawa |
| Starring | Hiroko Yakushimaru Hiroyuki Sanada Sonny Chiba |
| Cinematography | Seizō Sengen |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝, Satomi Hakken-den) is a 1983 Japanese fantasy film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The script is adapted from Toshio Kamata's 1982 novel Shin Satomi Hakkenden (新・里見八犬伝), itself a loose reworking of the epic serial Nansō Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.