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A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?Read moreLess
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
The story
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
Cast & crew
Utaemon IchikawaYamanouchi Iganosuke
So YamamuraCouncilor Matsudaira Izu
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Chōichirō KawarasakiGyutaku
Michitarō MizushimaAkagawa Daizen
Noboru NakayaFujii Sakyo
Eijirō YanagiAbbot Tenchu
Chōjūrō KawarasakiMagistrate O'oka Echizen
Shin TokudaijiYoshimune
Ushio AkashiUshio Koetsu
Koji ArimaSangoro YoshidaExplore the crew
- Director
- Nobuo Nakagawa
- Screenplay
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Director of Photography
- Shigeto Miki
- Editor
- Shintarō Miyamoto
- Original Music Composer
- Chumei Watanabe