Movie: Kumamoto Stories

Top 5 Billed Cast

Tohru Emori
江守徹

Paekche nobleman

Renji Ishibashi
石橋蓮司

Nakatomi-no-Kamatari

Jinpachi Nezu
根津甚八

Frontier guard

Ren Osugi
大杉漣

Naka-no-Ooe-no-Ôji

Ken'ichi Endô
遠藤憲一

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    Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.

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    2002-07-20

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    日本語
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