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Evil Man of Edo (1959)
Directed by Masahiro Makino
Overview
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Ryutaro Otomo | Keiko Okawa | Chizuru Kitagawa | Shunji Sakai | Isao Yamagata | Jun Tazaki | Seizaburô Kawazu | Masao Mishima | Kunio Kaga | Sumiko Kaji | Kusuo Abe | Jotaro Togami | Tomohito Sumida | Chieko Naniwa