The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)
1961 · 1h 35m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers: Shinobu Hashimoto
Music by: Chumei Watanabe
Cinematography: Shigeto Miki
Editor: Shintarō Miyamoto
Cast
Utaemon Ichikawa as Yamanouchi IganosukeSo Yamamura as Councilor Matsudaira IzuHiroko Sakuramachi as NuiChōichirō Kawarasaki as GyutakuMichitarō Mizushima as Akagawa DaizenNoboru Nakaya as Fujii SakyoEijirō Yanagi as Abbot TenchuKatsuo Nakamura as Ten'ichi-boChōjūrō Kawarasaki as Magistrate O'oka EchizenShin Tokudaiji as YoshimuneUshio Akashi as Ushio KoetsuKoji Arima as Sangoro YoshidaMore like this
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