The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

0 | 1961-09-13 | Drama

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?

Featured Crew

Kenji Tanaka Lighting Technician
Nobuo Nakagawa Director
Choshiro Katsura Art Direction
Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
Minoru Miki Director of Photography
Shintarō Miyamoto Editor
Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer
Kenjirō Tōjō Sound Recordist

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Utaemon Ichikawa
Yamanouchi Iganosuke
Sō Yamamura
Sō Yamamura
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Michitarō Mizushima
Michitarō Mizushima
Akagawa Daizen
Noboru Nakaya
Noboru Nakaya
Fujii Sakyo
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Abbot Tenchu
Katsuo Nakamura
Katsuo Nakamura
Ten'ichi-bo
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Magistrate O'oka Echizen
Shin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji
Yoshimune

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