若き日の千葉周作 (1955)
Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse in Rikuzen Onikobe, where he early on earned the nickname "Little Tengu of Chiba." One day, Otome heard a rumor that Arao Miyauchi, who once was an internal student at the Chiba family but now ran his own dojo in Onikobe, was spreading false rumors out of resentment for not inheriting the Chiba house—a situation that led to his mother's suicide and his father's abandonment of the sword to become a doctor. Enraged, Otome stormed into the Arao dojo only to be captured and publicly humiliated at Onikobe Pass. However, in his heart, Miyauchi hoped to marry his daughter Nanae to Otome and have him inherit the Chiba family.
Director: Tatsuo Sakai
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Katsuo Nakamura as 千葉周作 |
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Shinobu Araki as 千葉幸右衛門 |
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Mutsuko Sakura as お玉 |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as 荒屋宮内 |
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高木悠子 as 奈々江 |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as 浅利又七郎 |
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Kyōko Kusajima as ふみ |
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Keiko Yukishiro as 綾 |
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Achako Hanabishi as 阿茶助 |
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Shinji Takano as 森川新之介 |
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Isao Ubukata as 星野紋十郎 |
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Noboru Kasuga as 長井忠兵衛 |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as 与え吉 |
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Toshiko Ayukawa as おせん |
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Hisao Toake as 岩上孤雲 |
| Art | Kiyoshi Kawamura | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Costume Design |
| Writing | 山岡荘八 | Original Story |
| Sound | Goichi Morisawa | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Masayoshi Ikeda | Music |
| Directing | Tatsuo Sakai | Director |
| Lighting | 村田政雄 | Lighting Director |
| Production | 高木貢一 | Producer |
| Writing | Masashige Narusawa | Adaptation |
| Camera | Mikio Hattori | Director of Photography |