Red Lion (1969)
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.
Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Writers:
Kihachi Okamoto, Sakae Hirosawa.
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Toshirō Mifune as Gonzo |
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Shima Iwashita as Tomi |
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Etsushi Takahashi as Ichinose Hanzo |
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Minori Terada as Sanji |
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Nobuko Otowa as Oharu |
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Yūko Mochizuki as Ume |
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Jitsuko Yoshimura as Oyou |
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Kawai Okada as Osode |
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Shigeru Kōyama as Staff Chief Aragaki |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Dr. Gensai |
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Tokue Hanazawa as Komatora |
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Shin Kishida as Secretary Sokichi |
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Hideo Sunazuka as Amegaeru |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Gohei |
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Gorō Mutsumi as White Hair |
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Ippei Kawashima as |
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Yūnosuke Itō as |
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Daigo Kusano as Innkeeper |
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Nakajirō Tomita as Kisoya Kahei |
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Fujio Tokita as Clerk of the court |
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Jun Hamamura as Jinbee of stables |
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Sachio Sakai as Peasant Kesaji |
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Ren Yamamoto as Peasant |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa as Roku the Hunter |
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Mika Kitagawa as Whore |
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Takahiro Tamura as Sozo Sagara |
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Yutaka Nakayama as Peasant |
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Takeo Chii as Spy |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Writing | Kihachi Okamoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sakae Hirosawa | Screenplay |
| Art | Hiroshi Ueda | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeo Kobayashi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Masamichi Ichikawa | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Toshirō Mifune | Producer |
| Production | Yoshio Nishikawa | Producer |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |