{{Infobox film | name = Samurai Pirate | image = Daitozoku.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Senkichi Taniguchi | producer = {{plainlist|*Tomoyuki Tanaka *Kenichiro Tsunoda{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}}}} | writer = | screenplay = {{plainlist|*Takeshi Kimura *Shinichi Sekizawa}} | story = Kikuo Yasumi{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}} | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = {{plainlist|*Toshiro Mifune *Ichirō Arishima *Mie Hama *Kumi Mizuno}} | narrator = | music = Masaru Sato{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}} | cinematography = Takao Saito{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}} | editing = Yoshitami Kuroiwa{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}} | studio = Toho{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}} | distributor = Toho | released = {{Film date|1963|10|26|Japan}} | runtime = 96 minutes{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}} | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = ¥230 million<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85th Complete History 1924-2011|publisher=Kinema Junpo|date=May 2012|page=200|isbn=978-4873767550}}</ref> }}
{{Nihongo|'''''Samurai Pirate'''''|大盗賊|Daitōzoku|{{literal translation|The Great Thief}}|lead=yes}} is a 1963 Japanese drama action film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Toshiro Mifune and Mie Hama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=21221&key_search=%E5%A4%A7%E7%9B%97%E8%B3%8A|title=大盗賊|publisher=Kinema Junpo|accessdate=27 December 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-lost-world-of-sinbad ''The Lost World at Sinbad''] at Time Out</ref>
The film is often confused with the theme of fantasy instead of ''tokusatsu'', but the book ''Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia'' specifically identifies it in the genre of ''tokusatsu'' fantasy.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} The film was released in the United States by American International Pictures as '''''The Lost World of Sinbad'''''.
==Cast== * Toshiro Mifune as Sukezaemon Naya * Makoto Sato as the Black Pirate * Jun Funato as Ming, the Prince of Thailand * Ichiro Arishima as Sennin the Wizard * Mie Hama as Princess Yaya * Kumi Mizuno as Miwa * Akiko Wakabayashi as Yaya's maid {{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}}
==Production== The film was based on a screenplay by Takeshi Kimura and Shinichi Sekizawa which was based on a treatment by Toshio Yasumi.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}}
==Release== ''Samurai Pirate'' was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on October 26, 1963.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}} The film was Toho's third highest-grossing film in Japan in 1963 and the 10th highest grossing in the USA.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}}
An English dubbed version, produced by Titra Studios, was distributed by American International Pictures in the United States as ''The Lost World of Sinbad''.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}} The film was released as a double feature in the United States with ''War of the Zombies'' on March 17, 1965.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}} It was released in the United Kingdom in 1976.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=363}}
==See also== * List of Japanese films of 1963
== References ==
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===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=McFarland |date=1994 |isbn=0-89950-853-7 |author-link=Stuart Galbraith IV}} * {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC |access-date=October 29, 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1461673743}} {{Refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0056975}}
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