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Sakura Official (1962)
Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa
Overview
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Chiezô Kataoka | Yoshie Mizutani | Kikuko Hojo | Yumiko Mihara | Kenji Susukida | Ryûji Shinagawa | Eijirô Yanagi | Yūnosuke Itō | Isao Yamagata | Ushio Akashi | Kinnosuke Takamatsu | Kyônosuke Murai | Shôtarô Hayashi | Hiroshi Mizuno | Masao Hori | Shinnosuke Ogata | Hiroshi Katô | Ryôji Kôzuki | Yoshio Yoshida | Ryuko Azuma | Kisho Nomura | Akira Shioji | Kunijirô Yanagi | Haruko Izumi | Harumi Matsukaze | Hiroshi Fujikawa | Koji Tsuruta