Bushido, Samurai Saga

{{short description|1963 film}}

{{for|the 1959 film|Samurai Saga}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bushido, Samurai Saga

| image = Bushido, Samurai Saga FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Tadashi Imai

| producer = Hiroshi Okawa

| writer = {{ubl|Norio Nanjo|Naoyuki Suzuki|Yoshikata Yoda}}

| starring = Kinnosuke Nakamura

| music = Toshiro Mayuzumi

| cinematography = Makoto Tsuboi

| editing = Shintaro Miyamoto

| studio = Toei

| distributor = Toei

| released = {{film date|1963|4|28|df=yes|ref1={{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=21057 |title=武士道残酷物語 (Bushido, Samurai Saga) |website=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=12 August 2021}}}}

| runtime = 122 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

}}

{{nihongo|Bushido, Samurai Saga|武士道残酷物語|Bushidō zankoku monogatari}}, also titled Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai and Cruel Tale of Bushido, is a 1963 Japanese drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film936002.html |title=Bushido, Samurai Saga |publisher=Film Affinity |access-date=24 July 2020}} It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistraeger_1963/03_preistraeger_1963.html |title=Berlinale: Prize Winners |access-date=13 February 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB%E9%81%93%E6%AE%8B%E9%85%B7%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E-735644 |title=武士道残酷物語 (Bushido, Samurai Saga) |access-date=13 January 2021 |website=Kotobank |language=ja}} It continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the better samurai pictures ever filmed.