The Missing Heir

The Missing Heir (1955)

Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and ended up fighting with the companions of the castle patrol Matsunomura Genba, including Onimatsu. He was later reconciled by the family elder Ishikawa Yoriimo, who also gave him some money. Returning home happily, Ginpei found that his mother had already passed away. Okin, the daughter of a soba shop owner, comforted the heartbroken Ginpei, who in gratitude became affiliated with the Ishikawa household. Ginpei, a ruffian but ordinarily a quiet and honest man, became favored by Yoriimo's wife Chiyo and their child Harunosuke, and he began to accompany Yoriimo to the castle. Inside the castle, the family elder Otsuki Gyobu was in cahoots with Yoshitada's favorite concubine, Osada no Kata, and together with the treacherous Genba, they were plotting to establish Osada no Kata's child, Seinosuke, as the heir.

Director: Seiichi Fukuda
Writers: Shin'ichi Yanagawa, Shigeo Yasuda.

Casts

	Kōkichi Takada as 銀平
	Jūshirō Konoe as 石川頼母
	Rieko Sumi as 千世
	Fujio Suga as 大槻刑部
	Jotaro Togami as 松村玄蕃
	Toshiyuki Ichimura as そばやの親父久六
	Yōko Katsuragi as 久六の娘お君
	Joji Kaieda as 松平吉忠
	Yūki Meguro as 勢之佐
	Toshiko Ayukawa as 側室お貞の方
	Yoshito Yamaji as 仲間鬼松
	Isao Ubukata as 仲間重夫
	Saburo Komyoji as 仲間助十
	Eiji Wakasugi as 虚無僧玉井隼人
	Yasushi Obata as 春之輔

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