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Goblin in Stirrups

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Original title

Kurama Tengu (The Kurama Devil)aka

AKA

The Black-Hooded Avenger
The Black-Masked Reformer

Year

1959

Running time

87 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Masahiro Makino

Cast

Genre

Adventure. Drama

Synopsis

This is the definitive version of the Kurama Tengu legend, a mysterious
samurai fighting to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate and bring Japan into a
new world. There was a great Civil War going on in Japan during the same
period of time as our War Between The States. The difference is that while this
country had a war of secession, as the South tried to remove itself from our
federal government; in Japan, however, there was a battle to completely unify
the nation under the leadership of the Emperor, and bring power back to the
Imperial Government. Against this backdrop, the lone masked rider known as
the Kurama Tengu (Goblin of Mt. Kurama) comes to lend his presence to the
Royalist cause. With pure motives driving him, the samurai known as Kurata
dons his mask at night, and like a Japanese 'Zorro', he puts his life on the line
to help create a new and better society. Superb filmmaking that brings a view of
history to the big screen.

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Goblin in Stirrups

1959

Masahiro Makino