Kenpu Renpeikan (1944)
Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, the famed Shindo Munen Ryu swordsmen of Renpeikan in Edo. Katsura is initially not welcomed by the other, senior dojo followers. Undeterred, he focuses on improving his skill not only in swordsmanship but also learning how to repel the foreign British and American ships that threaten their domain.
Director:
Kiyohiko Ushihara
Writer:
Shōtarō Saijō
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Tsumasaburō Bandō as Katsura Kogoro |
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Shinobu Araki as Saito Yakuro |
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Tsushima Keiichiro as Shintaro |
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Mitsusaburō Ramon as Utanosuke |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Sagawa Hikokuro |
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Kusuo Abe as Amano Hachiro |
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Kōichi Katsuragi as Mito Noriaki |
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Shōzō Nanbu as Yoshida Shoin |
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Seishiro Hara as Katogi Tozo |
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Hiroshi Mizuno as Iwakichi |
| Production | Shizuo Hattori | Producer |
| Editing | Mitsuzō Miyata | Editor |
| Camera | Takenori Takahashi | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Motoyama Tekishu | Original Story |
| Sound | Yoshinobu Shiraki | Music |
| Writing | Kan Kikuchi | Original Story |
| Directing | Kiyohiko Ushihara | Director |
| Writing | Shōtarō Saijō | Screenplay |