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One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!Read moreLess
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
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One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
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Eijirō TōnoTokugawa Mitsukuni
Kōtarō SatomiSasaki Sukesaburo
Shin'ya OhwadaAtsumi Kakunoshin
Ichirō NakataniKazaguruma no Yashichi
Gentaro TakahashiUtsukari Hachibei
Toshirō MifuneSakuzaemon Okumura
Tōru AbeMondo Murai
Muga TakewakiIshikawa Hayato
Hajime HanaNise Komon
Komaki KuriharaYumi
Tatsuo EndōHatao Kurobe
Yoshi KatōTaibeiExplore the crew
- Director
- Tetsuya Yamanouchi
- Screenplay
- Shoko Hamura
- Editor
- Katsumi Kawai
- Producer
- Shun'ichi Nishimura
- Producer
- Go Toshin
- Producer
- Seiichi Morimoto
- Producer
- Naoyuki Sugimoto
- Producer
- Tan Takaiwa
- Original Music Composer
- Chūji Kinoshita
- Director of Photography
- Toshio Masuda