Machibuse

Machibuse
Directed by	Hiroshi Inagaki
Screenplay by	Kyu Fujiki Hideo Oguni Hajime Takaiwa Ichiro Miyakawa[1]
Starring	Toshiro Mifune Shintaro Katsu Kinnosuke Nakamura Ruriko Asaoka
Music by	Masaru Sato[1]
Cinematography	Kazuo Yamada[1]
Production company	Mifune Productions[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	29 April 1970 (Japan)
Running time	118 minutes[1]
Country	Japan

Machibuse (Japanese: 待ち伏せ) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Cast

• Toshiro Mifune − The yojimbo
• Yujiro Ishihara − Yataro
• Ruriko Asaoka − Okuni
• Shintaro Katsu − Gentetsu
• Kinnosuke Nakamura − Heima Ibuki
• Chusha Ichikawa − Unknown Samurai

Release

Machibuse was released in Japan by Toho on April 29, 1970.^[1] It was released by Toho International in the United States with English subtitles as The Ambush on December 18, 1970.^[1] The film was re-issued in 1971 under the title Machibuse.^[1]

References

Footnotes

1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 103.

Sources

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.

External links

• Machibuse at the Internet Movie Database