The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
With Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kenichi Enomoto, Masayuki Mori, Yoshio Kosugi, Akitake Kōno
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (Japanese: 虎の尾を踏む男達, Hepburn: Tora no O o Fumu Otokotachi) is a 1952 Japanese period drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, based on the kabuki play Kanjinchō, which is in turn based on the Noh play Ataka. It depicts a famous 12th century incident in which Yoshitsune and a small group of samurai cross into enemy territory disguised as monks.
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