Chutaro of Banba

Chutaro of Banba (1955)

DramaActionAdventure

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Writer: Shintarō Mimura

Casts

	Tomisaburō Wakayama as
	Yōko Katsuragi as
	Hisaya Morishige as
	Yōnosuke Toba as
	Kusuo Abe as
	Ichirō Izawa as
	Kōji Mitsui as
	Hisako Takihana as
	Sanae Mitsuoka as Otose
	Kikuko Hanaoka as
	Tetsu Tsuboi as
	Kyōzō Fuyuki as
	Isuzu Yamada as

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