Duel at Sundown

Duel at Sundown

1955 · 86 min · Action, Adventure, Thriller

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi · Written by Motomu Ida

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