Samurai of Hachiman (1981)
A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?
Director:
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Writers:
Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Shizuo Nonami.
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Yukiji Asaoka as |
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Yū Fujiki as |
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Ken Matsudaira as |
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Tamao Nakamura as |
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Kyoko Yoshizawa as |
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Jun Etoh as |
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Kōji Shimizu as |
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Masaru Shiga as |
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Sakae Umezu as |
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Genji Kawai as |
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Kojou Chiaki as |
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Yoshiro Ichikawa as |
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Shinji Takano as |
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Yoriko Ogawa as |
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Norifumi Sasamoto as |
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Rebun Hori as |
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Yu Mizushima as |
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Mineo Sugiura as |
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Daisuke Iijima as |
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Lou Oshiba as |
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Paul Okawa as |
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Saburô Kadowaki as |
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Akio Kusama as |
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Seiji Ikeda as |
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Takuzō Kumagai as |
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Hiroshi Tsukiji as |
| Writing | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Director |
| Writing | Shizuo Nonami | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kiichirō Yamate | Novel |