A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)

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Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumoured, drove the previous champion—Kazuma’s father—to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is very much a coward, holing up in an inn and generally avoiding confrontation. Despite his best attempts to remain clandestine, the locals know of Kazuma’s purpose and an attempt is made on his life. He's saved by Karatsu Kanbei, a samurai who offers to help Kazuma hone his archery skills, though it becomes clear that this apparently selfless stranger has potentially shady ulterior motives.

Director: Mikio Naruse

Casts

	Kazuo Hasegawa as Kanbei Kanzamon
	Kinuyo Tanaka as Okinu
	Sensho Ichikawa as Daihachiro
	Akitake Kōno as Kazuma Hochino
	Fumiko Katsuragi as Hoshino's mother
	Haruo Tanaka as Seijiro
	Unpei Yokoyama as
	Tamae Kiyokawa as Omatsu
	Kimie Hayashi as
	Sachiko Mitani as
	Yōnosuke Toba as
	Saburō Sawai as
	Ryusaku Nagai as
	Tokue Hanazawa as
	Zenichiro Kito as
	Taizō Fukami as

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