Henker des Shogun (1980)
Das Japanische Kaiserreich durchlebt schlechte Zeiten und das Volk stellt sich gegen den Shôgun. Etliche Untertanen werden daraufhin gefoltert und hingerichtet. In dem Scharfrichter Ittô Ogami (Tomisaburô Wakayama) sieht das Oberhaupt mittlerweile eine große Gefahr, die mit allen Mitteln beseitigt werden muss. Aus diesem Grund hetzt er seine Späher gegen den Meister des Schwertes und lässt dessen Frau Asami hinterhältig ermorden. Als heruntergekommener Samurai begibt sich Ogami auf dem blutigen Pfad der Rache, wo zahlreiche Männer des Shôgun auf ihn und seinem Sohn Daigorô warten...
Die Regisseur:
Robert Houston, 三隅研次.
Die Autor:
Robert Houston, Kazuo Koike.
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Ogami Itto |
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富川晶宏 as Daigoro Ogami |
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松尾嘉代 as Supreme Ninja |
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大木実 as Master of Death |
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岸田森 as Master of Death |
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新田昌玄 as Master of Death |
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笠原玲子 as Azami |
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小林昭二 as Lord Kurogawa |
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内藤武敏 as Lord Bizen |
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沖時男 as The Shogun |
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Lamont Johnson as Voice (voice) |
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Marshall Efron as Voice (voice) |
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Sandra Bernhard as Voice (voice) |
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Vic Davis as Voice (voice) |
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Lennie Weinrib as Voice (voice) |
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Lainie Cook as Voice (voice) |
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Sam Weisman as Voice (voice) |
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Mark Lindsay as Voice (voice) |
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Robert Houston as Voice (voice) |
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David Weisman as Voice (voice) |
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Gibran Evans as Voice of Daigoro (voice) |
| Writing | Robert Houston | Screenplay |
| Directing | Robert Houston | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Koike | Screenplay |
| Sound | W. Michael Lewis | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | 村井邦彦 | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mark Lindsay | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | 三隅研次 | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Koike | Original Story |
| Writing | 小島剛夕 | Original Story |
| Writing | David Weisman | Writer |
| Production | Robert Houston | Producer |
| Production | Roger Corman | Producer |
| Production | Michael Maiello | Associate Producer |
| Production | Shintarō Katsu | Producer |
| Production | Hisaharu Matsubara | Producer |
| Production | Peter Shanaberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Weisman | Producer |
| Sound | 桜井英顕 | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | 牧浦地志 | Cinematography |
| Editing | Lee Percy | Editor |
| Editing | 谷口登司夫 | Editor |
| Art | Akira Kaijo | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ken Dufva | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Courtney Goodin | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Tim Holland | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Matthew Iadarola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Val Kuklowsky | Sound Editor |