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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
Utaemon Ichikawa | Sô Yamamura | Hiroko Sakuramachi | Choichiro Kawarazaki | Michitarô Mizushima | Noboru Nakaya | Eijirô Yanagi | Katsuo Nakamura | Chôjûrô Kawarasaki | Shin Tokudaiji | Ushio Akashi | Koji Arima | Tsukie Matsuura | Ryôei Itô | Kinji Nakamura | Takeshi Sakamoto | Kazutarô Kuni | Shinnosuke Ogata | Ikuo Oka | Goro Naniwa | Tokinosuke Nakamura | Kenji Nagata | Eijirô Sekine | Ryôji Kôzuki | Jiro Yamazaki | Yasuo Fujita | Ko Mihashi