Samurai Banners
1969, Japanese. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Hiroshi InagakiDirector
- Toshirō MifuneKansuke Yamamoto
- Yoshiko SakumaPrincess Yufu
- Kinnosuke NakamuraShingen Takeda
- Yūjirō IshiharaKenshin Uesugi
- Katsuo NakamuraNobusato Itagaki
- Umenosuke NakamuraHagiwara Yaemon
- Masakazu TamuraNobushige Takeda
- Nakamura KanzaburoTakeda Katsuyori
- Ken OgataHatanaka Buhei
- Mayumi OzoraPrincess Okoto
- Masumi HarukawaBuhei's wife
- Haruko TōgōCast
Details
- Released
- 1 March 1969
- Original title
- 風林火山
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Takeo Kunihiro
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What Samurai Banners is based on
Samurai Banners is based on The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan (1953) by Yasushi Inoue.
1953
The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan
By Yasushi Inoue
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Samurai Banners runs 170 minutes (2h 50m).
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Which OTT platform is Samurai Banners on?
Samurai Banners isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 1969. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Samurai Banners?
If you liked Samurai Banners, try Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins, Mumon: The Land of Stealth, Kagemusha.
Who directed Samurai Banners?
Samurai Banners (1969) was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and stars Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura.
What is Samurai Banners based on?
Samurai Banners is based on The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan (1953) by Yasushi Inoue.