Serpent (1925)★ 7.1/10
Orochi
- Action
- Adventure
Directed by: Buntarō Futagawa
Written by: Rokuhei Susukita
The tale tracks a once-respected samurai's descent into societal ostracization and disgrace due to a series of misfortunes and misunderstandings.
- Original title
- Orochi
- Storyline
- At the peak of his career, Tsumasaburo Bando plays a noble but impulsive samurai whose fate is twisted by enemy plots. Caught between two women and unable to prove himself to either, he is forced to take desperate measures by becoming an assassin to protect one of them from a criminal threat. Against overwhelming odds and extended battles, the samourai faces the ultimate test of a warrior's endurance in this captivating masterpiece by Buntaro Futagawa.
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 563
- Companies
- Bando Tsumasaburo Production, Bantsuma Production Nara, Makino Production, Digital Meme, NHK BS1, NHK Sôgô, NHK-BS2
- Release dates
- JP November 20, 1925
- PL April 24, 2015
- DE June 6, 2015