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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

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Japanese / 95 MIN. / 1961

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The Synopsis

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?

The Cast

Utaemon IchikawaSō YamamuraHiroko SakuramachiChōichirō KawarasakiMichitarō MizushimaNoboru NakayaEijirō YanagiKatsuo NakamuraChōjūrō KawarasakiShin TokudaijiUshio AkashiKoji ArimaTsukie MatsuuraRyōei ItōKinji NakamuraTakeshi SakamotoKazutarō KuniShinnosuke OgataIkuo OkaGorô NaniwaTokinosuke NakamuraKenji NagataEijirō SekineRyōji KōzukiJiro YamazakiYasuo FujitaKo Mihashi

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