---
title: 'Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kinji Fukasaku'
released: '1983-12-10'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/legend-of-the-eight-samurai-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086244/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

1983 · 135 min · Action · Japan

Original title: 里見八犬伝

## Synopsis

Legend of the Eight Samurai  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)
- **Screenplay:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)
- **Producer:** [Haruki Kadokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruki-kadokawa), [Hiroshi Sugawara](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-sugawara)
- **Director of Photography:** [Seizō Sengen](https://cinepixo.com/people/seizo-sengen)

## Cast

- [Keiko Matsuzaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-matsuzaka)
- [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-sanada)
- [Etsuko Shihomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/etsuko-shihomi)
- [Sonny Chiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonny-chiba)
- [Mari Natsuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/mari-natsuki)
- [Minori Terada](https://cinepixo.com/people/minori-terada)
- [Hiroko Yakushimaru](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroko-yakushimaru)
- [Masaki Kyomoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaki-kyomoto)

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