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Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
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In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Length 109 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Koji Tsuruta | Yoshiko Kuga | Mariko Okada | Denjirô Ôkôchi | Kyôko Kagawa | Senjaku Nakamura | Hanshiro Iwai | Jotaro Togami | Akihiko Hirata | Eijirô Tôno | Ken Yamauchi | Akio Kobori | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Kichijirô Ueda | Bokuzen Hidari | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Akira Tani | Gen Shimizu | Yoshio Kosugi | Yoshifumi Tajima | Ryû Kuze | Ren Yamamoto | Shin Ôtomo | Yoshio Inaba | Fuminori Ôhashi | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Fumindo Matsuo | Gorô Sakurai | Ichirô Chiba | Takuzô Kumagai | Kunio Ôtsuka | Junji Hirana | Teruko Mita | Yayoko Kitano | Chiyo Izumi | Michiko Kawa | Yutaka Oka | Akira Kitchôji | Etsuo Saijo
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/18/2021 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Was pleased to find another Toshiro Mifune film on the schedule that I hadn’t seen yet (for Mifune Sundays this month on DKU). This is an ideal sleepy Sunday afternoon actioner w/Mifune as a ninja trying to secure three scrolls. He falls for a princess (Yoshiko Kuga) despite his ninja code of living a heartless life, which his ninja brother (Koji Tsuruta) is always reminding him. Lots of convoluted story as the movie goes on and rival clans chase after the scrolls but Mifune is the anchor for it and makes it a fun romp. The Akira Ifukube score is also really good. Sadly this was a p muddy transfer that even looked like garbage on my macbook. Since it’s another Toho release it seems unlikely we’ll get a better edition which is really sad. There’s a sequel to this that I’d love to track down.
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