Cut the Shadow

Cut the Shadow

1963 · 82 min · ★ 8.0 · Action, Comedy

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consummated....

Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro · Written by Hideo Oguni

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