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Minamoto Yoshitsune (1955)
Directed by Ryou Hagiwara
Overview
A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action of the first part takes place in the late Heian period, when the Taira clan came to power, and Genji was oppressed. The great dream and ambitions of Genkuro Yoshitsune in his youth are depicted, he joins forces with his older brother Yoritomo to raise an army to defeat the Taira clan, and the second part depicts the fall of the clan, persecution and murder.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Kinnosuke Nakamura | Hitomi Nakahara | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata | Isuzu Yamada | Eitarô Ozawa | Chiaki Tsukioka | Ichirô Ryûzaki | Kensaku Hara | Ushio Akashi | Tokizo Nakamura | Daijirô Natsukawa | Masaharu Nakano | Eijirô Kataoka | Hiroshi Mizuno | Motoharu Ueki | Chie Ueki | Yoshio Yoshida | Reiko Miyagawa | Takashi Kanda | Gorô Kawabe | Harumi Urazato | Kunio Kaga | Iwao Daimaru | Kinnosuke Takamatsu