Movie: The Abandoned Swords

Top 10 Billed Cast

Chiyonosuke Azuma
東千代之介

Kinnosuke Nakamura
萬屋錦之介

Yumiko Hasegawa
長谷川裕見子

Hibari Misora
美空ひばり

Shunji Sakai
堺駿二

Isao Yamagata
山形勲

Denjirō Ōkōchi
大河内傳次郎

Kōtarō Satomi
里見浩太朗

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
月形龍之介

Hiroko Sakuramachi
桜町弘子

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    Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Tokugawa Shogun. Gentaro of the Owari clan sets out to retrive the invaluable document.

  • Release Date

    1958-10-01

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    6

  • Rating:

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    日本語
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