Is Samurai Banners sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Samurai Banners scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Samurai Banners violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Samurai Banners easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Samurai Banners end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Samurai Banners

Name: Samurai Banners
Genre: Action, War, History
Released: 1969
Duration: 170 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yūjirō Ishihara, Katsuo Nakamura

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki

Produced by TOHO, Mifune Productions

1969170 min7.4 / 10

A historically grounded jidaigeki exploring ambition, strategy, and the moral cost of pursuing a unified vision through manipulation and treachery.

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?

Clusters

Soldiers Facing Wartime Hardship Toxic Romantic Relationships Trapped by Fate, Undone by History Corrupted by Ambition East Asian History & Culture

Genres

Action War History

Keywords

Japan Jidaigeki Sengoku Period

Questions people ask

Is Samurai Banners sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Samurai Banners scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Samurai Banners violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Samurai Banners easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Samurai Banners end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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