- HD 1080
- Runtime: 117m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kihachi Okamoto
- Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Shima Iwashita, Etsushi Takahashi, Minori Terada, Nobuko Otowa
- keywords: sword fight, government corruption, jidaigeki, chanbara, 19th century, meiji period, mother son relationship, tokugawa shogunate, tragicomedy
- Production_studio: TOHO
- The Red Lion is featured in the top rankings of 1969
- #28 in Top Comedy Movies of 1969
- #21 in Top Action Movies of 1969
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.