Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight explained

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Director:	Teruo Ishii
Based On:	The manga Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
Music:	Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography:	Jūhei Suzuki
Editing:	Isamu Ichida
Distributor:	Toei
Runtime:	81 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1973 Japanese ero guro jidaigeki film directed by Teruo Ishii.^[1] and distributed by Toei.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} The film was adapted from the manga Bōhachi bushidō.^[11]

Synopsis

Shinō Ashita is an assassin. One day he is surrounded by enemies during a battle and tries to commit suicide but he is rescued by a clan known as the Bōhachi.^{[12] [13]}

Cast

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• Tetsurō Tamba : Shinō Ashita
• Gorō Ibuki : Kesazō
• Yuriko Hishimi : Omon
• Tatsuo Endō : Shirobei Daimon
• Shōki Fukae : Sanjirō Kada
• Takuzo Kawatani : Kurosukimono
• Rena Ichinose : Otoki
• Ruriko Ikeshima : Okō
• Kimiji Harada : Kinroku
• Kyōichi Satō : Kanroku
• Shirō Kuno : Kanji
• Ryōhei Uchida : Kurosuki no Kokaku

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/10762. ja:刀を振る速さ 腰の座り 名優丹波の殺陣堪能 春日太一の木曜邦画劇場. January 16, 2021. Japanese. 文春オンライン 週刊文春 Shukan Bunshun.
2. Web site: https://www.toei-video.co.jp/catalog/dutd02492/. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-23. Japanese. Toei video. December 2014.
3. Web site: https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=11939. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-23. Japanese. Agency for Cultural Affairs japanese-cinema.
4. Web site: http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000000346.html. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-23. Japanese. db.eirin.
5. Web site: https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/265261. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-25. Japanese. 映画ナタリー.
6. Web site: https://www.apeople.world/ap_japan/japan002.html. ja:Teruo Ishii. 2020-12-25. Japanese. apeople.
7. Web site: http://www.cinemavera.com/preview.php?no=189. ja:石井輝男13回忌. 2020-12-25. Japanese. cinemavera.
8. Web site: https://www.crank-in.net/movietitle/24895. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-25. Japanese. crank-in.net.
9. Web site: https://lp.p.pia.jp/shared/cnt-s/cnt-s-11-02_1_ed47fbcd-452d-11e8-8055-fbb52deff1d6.html. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-25. Japanese. pia.
10. 完本石井輝男映画魂 (ワイズ出版映画文庫) P107-109 ISBN 494873508
11. Web site: https://www.fukkan.com/fk/VoteDetail?no=2543. ja:忘八武士道 小池一夫 小島剛夕. 2020-12-25. Japanese. fukkan.com.
12. Web site: https://natalie.mu/eiga/film/133612. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-23. Japanese. natalie.
13. Web site: http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=19830. ja:ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道. 2020-12-23. Japanese. Kinema Junpo kinenote.
14. Web site: https://www.happinetonline.com/ec/pro/disp/1/10679447. ja:忘八武士道. 2020-12-25. Japanese. happinetonline.