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Shadow Over Fuji (1957)
Directed by Yasushi Sasaki
Overview
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon’s finest performances, a true classic!
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Utaemon Ichikawa | Kotaro Satomi | Kinya Kitaoji | Yumiko Hasegawa | Denjirô Ôkôchi | Eitarô Shindô | Isao Yamagata | Satomi Oka | Hiroko Sakuramachi | Shunji Sakai | Eriko Yoshida | Tsukie Matsuura | Kusuo Abe | Eijirô Sekine | Otabe Michimaro | Kunio Kaga | Kodayu Ichikawa | Kanji Koshiba | Momonosuke Ichikawa | Hiroshi Yamate | Hideo Higashi | Ryôei Itô | Ikuo Oka | Kyoji Sugi | Atsushi Watanabe | Koji Arima | Eiko Maruyama | Chiyoko Komine | Kenji Nagata | Hiroshi Mizuno | Kinnosuke Takamatsu | Hachiro Yamauchi | Kazuo Kishida