Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell

Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell

1983 · 91 min · Action, Drama, TV Movie

The "lowly ronin" meets a child who is being chased by men that killed his father before his eyes. Feeling indebted to the child for buying him dinner, the Ronin takes the child back to his village. There, the Ronin reluctantly gets involved in a pathetic revolt by the cowardly villagers against their tyrannical governor. Mifune at his best!

Directed by Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa

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