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Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?

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Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to...
Samurai Banners (1969) was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film is a Action, War production with a runtime of 2h 50m, rated 7.4/10.
Samurai Banners runs 2h 50m (170 minutes total). Audience rating: 7.4/10 from 24 votes. Genre: Action, War.
Samurai Banners is rated 7.4/10 by 24 viewers — well-rated and generally recommended. A good pick for Action and War fans.