Samurai Headhunters
2013
6.7 (6)
47 min
English
Noble swordsman? Ruthless head collector? The Samurai were both.
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world of the Samurai.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ARTE, Smithsonian Channel, UKTV, Urban Canyons
Keywords
- japan
- japon
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Top Cast
Demetri Goritsas as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Stephen Turnbull as Japanese Historian
Antony Cummins as Martial Arts Historian
Fumon Tanaka as Martial Arts Grandmaster
Tsunehiro Kabaya as Museum Curator
Tsunehiro Kabaya as Masa
Shigeru Inoue as Samurai Araki
Chika Katou as Okyo
Top Crew
John Wate · Director, Writer
Sebastian Peiter · Writer
Paul Jagger · Editor
Richard Melman · Executive Producer
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