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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

19610.0 / 1095 min
Drama

Overview

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?

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Yamanouchi Iganosuke

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Councilor Matsudaira Izu

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Nui

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Gyutaku

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

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Magistrate O'oka Echizen

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Yoshimune

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Koetsu

Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Sangoro Yoshida

Tsukie Matsuura

Tsukie Matsuura

Ritsu

Ryōei Itō

Ryōei Itō

Gensuke

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Gatekeeper

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Matabei

Kazutarō Kuni

Kazutarō Kuni

Guard

Shinnosuke Ogata

Shinnosuke Ogata

Playman

Ikuo Oka

Ikuo Oka

Kobozu

Gorō Naniwa

Gorō Naniwa

Yamajin

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Nakabon

Kenji Nagata

Kenji Nagata

Samurai

Eijirō Sekine

Eijirō Sekine

Samurai

Ryōji Kōzuki

Ryōji Kōzuki

Kawaraban

Jiro Yamazaki

Jiro Yamazaki

Treasure Sawa

Yasuo Fujita

Yasuo Fujita

Ynagisawa in childhood

Ko Mihashi

Ko Mihashi

Hotta Mamoru

Crew

Kenji Tanaka

Kenji Tanaka

Lighting Technician

Nobuo Nakagawa

Nobuo Nakagawa

Director

Choshiro Katsura

Choshiro Katsura

Art Direction

Shinobu Hashimoto

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Minoru Miki

Minoru Miki

Director of Photography

Shintarō Miyamoto

Shintarō Miyamoto

Editor

Chumei Watanabe

Chumei Watanabe

Original Music Composer

Kenjirō Tōjō

Kenjirō Tōjō

Sound Recordist