The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1961-09-13
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Nobuo Nakagawa

Summary

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?

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  • Utaemon Ichikawa

    as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
  • Sō Yamamura

    as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
  • Hiroko Sakuramachi

    as Nui
  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    as Gyutaku
  • Michitarō Mizushima

    as Akagawa Daizen
  • Noboru Nakaya

    as Fujii Sakyo
  • Eijirō Yanagi

    as Abbot Tenchu
  • Katsuo Nakamura

    as Ten'ichi-bo
  • Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

    as Magistrate O'oka Echizen
  • Shin Tokudaiji

    as Yoshimune
  • Ushio Akashi

    as Ushio Koetsu
  • Koji Arima

    as Sangoro Yoshida
  • Tsukie Matsuura

    as Ritsu
  • Ryōei Itō

    as Gensuke
  • Kinji Nakamura

    as Gatekeeper
  • Takeshi Sakamoto

    as Matabei
  • Kazutarō Kuni

    as Guard
  • Shinnosuke Ogata

    as Playman
  • Ikuo Oka

    as Kobozu
  • Gorô Naniwa

    as Yamajin
  • Tokinosuke Nakamura

    as Nakabon
  • Kenji Nagata

    as Samurai
  • Eijirō Sekine

    as Samurai
  • Ryōji Kōzuki

    as Kawaraban
  • Jiro Yamazaki

    as Treasure Sawa
  • Yasuo Fujita

    as Ynagisawa in childhood
  • Ko Mihashi

    as Hotta Mamoru
Lighting Kenji Tanaka Lighting Technician
Directing Nobuo Nakagawa Director
Art Choshiro Katsura Art Direction
Writing Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
Camera Minoru Miki Director of Photography
Editing Shintarō Miyamoto Editor
Sound Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer
Sound Kenjirō Tōjō Sound Recordist

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