The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

1952, 1h -

The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and Kabuki Theater, and here it becomes one of the director's most riveting early films. Show more

"The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" — movie produced in Japan and released in 1952. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.7 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h. "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!