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Eight Brave Brothers (1959)
Directed by Kokichi Uchide
Overview
This remake of Satomi Hakkenden is the most requested of all Toei movies and features some of the greatest special effects ever filmed. Set in the mountains of Awa Province, a monster bat from the heavens, a monster eagle from the clouds, a killer amphibian man, and a fire-breathing monster serpent! Mean-while being protected by the black magic of two sorceresses, the army of Ogigayatsu Sadamasa surges on! Young Satomi Yoshimichi stands up to the onslaught in defense of peace and happiness. As incarnates of the loyal family canine Yatsufusa, eight young warriors are bound by eight mystical beads of virtue. These are the adventures of eight warrior brothers, Satomi Hakkenden!
Length 58 minutes
Actors
Sentarô Fushimi | Koinosuke Onoe | Kotaro Satomi | Shintaro Takashima | Kôtarô Yamate | Seishiro Sawamura | Kentaro Ozato | Kyonosuke Nango | Kensaku Hara | Yûki Meguro | Kunio Kaga | Kyoji Sugi | Atsuko Nakazato | Hiromi Hanazono | Yoshiko Yashioji | Eiko Maruyama | Kusuo Abe | Yoshio Yoshida | Masao Hori | Shinichi Hamada | Kazuo Kishida | Ryûtarô Gomi | Iwao Daimaru | Tokinosuke Nakamura | Yachiyo Kirishima | Momonosuke Ichikawa | Kyôji Tôyama | Kokichi Nakamura | Michisaburo Segawa | Kyôichi Hara | Sôji Kiyokawa | Hiroshi Fujikawa | Harue Akagi | Harumi Matsukaze | 品治京子 | Kiyoe Fuji | 光美知子 | 海野治子 | Kazuo Tokita | Reiko Miyama | Hideo Higashi | Toyoko Yoshino | Otabe Michimaro | Shinnosuke Ogata | Shûjirô Kijima | Ichiro Fukui