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  - "[[Movies]]"
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director:
  - "[[Akira Kurosawa]]"
actors:
  - "[[Tatsuya Nakadai]]"
  - "[[Akira Terao]]"
  - "[[Jinpachi Nezu]]"
tags:
  - source/movie
showType: movie
showGenre:
  - "[[Action]]"
  - "[[Drama]]"
  - "[[War]]"
showGroup:
  - epic
  - tragedy
  - adaptation
runtime: 162 min
imdbRating: "8.2"
plot: In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmU1NGYwZWYtOWExNi00ZTEyLTgwMmUtM2ZlMDVjNWM4YjVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUzOTY1NTc@._V1_SX300.jpg
year: 1985
yearXP: 2012
yearXPL: 2014
showStatus: watched
rating: 5.1
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