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Japanese B2 Movie Poster for the 1976 Clint Eastwood Western film The Outlaw Josey Wales, known in Japan as Outlaw. The film was released in 1976 to coincide with America's bicentennial celebration.
Movie Information
Title: The Outlaw Josey Wales (original title) / Outlaw (Japanese title)
Release Year: 1976
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, and John Vernon
Plot Summary
The film is a revisionist Western set during and after the American Civil War.
Premise: Josey Wales is a Missouri farmer whose family is brutally murdered by Union soldiers (Redlegs).
Conflict: Driven by revenge, he joins a Confederate guerrilla band. After the war ends, he refuses to surrender to the Union forces who go on to massacre his comrades, making him an outlaw pursued by soldiers and bounty hunters.
Journey: While on the run, he reluctantly becomes the protector of a diverse group of outcasts, including a Cherokee elder and a young woman, forming a new surrogate family.
Climax: The story culminates in a final confrontation where Wales avenges his family's death and finds a path toward peace and redemption, settling down with his new companions. |
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