Chutaro of Banba

Chutaro of Banba (1955)


  • Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
  • Release Date: 1955-03-29
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 26min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shintoho Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
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Summary

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.

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  • Tomisaburō Wakayama

    as

  • Yōko Katsuragi

    as

  • Hisaya Morishige

    as

  • Yōnosuke Toba

    as

  • Kusuo Abe

    as

  • Ichirō Izawa

    as

  • Kōji Mitsui

    as

  • Hisako Takihana

    as

  • Sanae Mitsuoka

    as Otose

  • Kikuko Hanaoka

    as

  • Tetsu Tsuboi

    as

  • Kyōzō Fuyuki

    as

  • Isuzu Yamada

    as
Writing Shintarō Mimura Screenplay
Art Juichi Ito Art Direction
Crew Ichiro Sawada Sound Recordist
Writing Shin Hasegawa Original Story
Directing Kichitarô Shibata Assistant Director
Directing Nobuo Nakagawa Director
Sound Yasuji Kiyose Music
Editing Hidetoshi Kasama Editor
Camera Kagai Okado Director of Photography

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