お役者変化 (1954)
During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials.
Director: Tatsuo Ōsone
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Kōkichi Takada as 梓弦之助 |
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Hiroyuki Nagato as 弟七三郎 |
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Chieko Naniwa as 母そよ |
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Yatarō Kitagami as 水木辰弥 |
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Mitsuo Nagata as 猿若勘三郎 |
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若柳敏三郎 as 中村伝九郎 |
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Omenosuke Ichikawa as 左近源左衛門 |
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Minpei Tomimoto as 太夫元 |
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Kyoko Kami as 娘菊乃 |
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Minoru Ōki as 三浦小次郎 |
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Jūshirō Konoe as 黒羽根弥太夫 |
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Kenji Susukida as 柳沢出羽守 |
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Kōmei Minami as 将軍綱吉 |
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Junzaburō Ban as えび六 |
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Shunji Sakai as 狸助 |
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Chikako Miyagi as 勝山 |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as お栄 |
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Jotaro Togami as 居首甚五左 |
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Eijirō Yanagi as 能登出雲守 |
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Tomiemon Otomo as 鈴木右心 |
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Yoshito Yamaji as 岩間八兵衛 |
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Eiichi Nozawa as 狩野法眼 |
| Directing | Tatsuo Ōsone | Director |
| Writing | 加田三七 | Adaptation |
| Writing | Genzō Murakami | Original Story |
| Production | Kōichirō Ogura | Producer |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Art Direction |
| Sound | 福安雅春 | Recording Supervision |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Shigeo Terada | Gaffer |
| Camera | Hideo Ishimoto | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |