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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Overview
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. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan’s desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Sô Yamamura | Katsuo Nakamura | Ko Mihashi | Shinnosuke Ogata | Eijirô Yanagi | Utaemon Ichikawa | Chôjûrô Kawarasaki | Tsukie Matsuura | Noboru Nakaya | Takeshi Sakamoto | Choichiro Kawarazaki | Michitarô Mizushima | Hiroko Sakuramachi | Ryôei Itô | Shin Tokudaiji | Ushio Akashi | Koji Arima | Kinji Nakamura | Tokinosuke Nakamura | Kazutarô Kuni | Eijirô Sekine | Yasuo Fujita | Ikuo Oka | Gorô Naniwa | Ryôji Kôzuki | Kenji Nagata | Jiro Yamazaki