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Evil Man of Edo(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-12-13
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Time: 1h 30m
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A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!
Languages: Japanese.
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Movie: Evil Man of Edo
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大友柳太朗
Sanshiro Kenmochi
大川恵子
Namino
喜多川千鶴
O'ei
堺駿二
Mohei
山形勲
Tenzen Akiyama
田崎潤
Heisuke
河津清三郎
三島雅夫
Doman
加賀邦男
Yakuro Arimura
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A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!
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