The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

1961, drama

95 minutes

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...

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Yamanouchi Iganosuke

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Councilor Matsudaira Izu

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Akagawa Daizen

Noboru Nakaya

Noboru Nakaya

Fujii Sakyo

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Abbot Tenchu

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Ten'ichi-bo

Chojuro Kawarasaki

Magistrate O'oka Echizen

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Yoshimune

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Koetsu

Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Sangoro Yoshida

Ryôei Itô

Gensuke

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Gatekeeper

Ikuo Oka

Kobozu

Gorô Naniwa

Yamajin

Kenji Nagata

Samurai

Eijirô Sekine

Samurai

Ryôji Kôzuki

Kawaraban

Jiro Yamazaki

Treasure Sawa

Yasuo Fujita

Ynagisawa in childhood

Ko Mihashi

Hotta Mamoru

Crew

Art

Choshiro Katsura

Art direction

Camera

Directing

Nobuo Nakagawa

Nobuo Nakagawa

Director

Editing

Lighting

Sound

Chumei Watanabe

Chumei Watanabe

Original music composer

Kenjirō Tōjō

Sound recordist

Writing

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