Need to watch 'The Retired Samurai' on your TV or mobile device at home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Akinori Matsuo-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Retired Samurai' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Retired Samurai' right now, here are some details about the TV Asahi, Toei Company drama flick.
Released , 'The Retired Samurai' stars Toshirō Mifune, Misako Tanaka, Ryo Tamura, Shunji Fujimura The movie has a runtime of about 45 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from knowledgeable users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been belittled of late and has seemingly lost the will to live, much less the desire to assert himself and make Iemitsu listen to reason. The plot thickens when a lovely young woman enters the picture. Can she change Hikozaemon's mind, and thus alter the path of Japanese history? No longer a young man, can Hikozaemon gain the shogun's ear, and succeed in warning him of the evil plot to overthrow him?" .
