The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)

Drama

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto

Casts

	Utaemon Ichikawa as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
	So Yamamura as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
	Hiroko Sakuramachi as Nui
	Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Gyutaku
	Michitarō Mizushima as Akagawa Daizen
	Noboru Nakaya as Fujii Sakyo
	Eijirō Yanagi as Abbot Tenchu
	Katsuo Nakamura as Ten'ichi-bo
	Chōjūrō Kawarasaki as Magistrate O'oka Echizen
	Shin Tokudaiji as Yoshimune
	Ushio Akashi as Ushio Koetsu
	Koji Arima as Sangoro Yoshida
	Tsukie Matsuura as Ritsu
	Ryōei Itō as Gensuke
	Kinji Nakamura as Gatekeeper
	Takeshi Sakamoto as Matabei
	Kazutarō Kuni as Guard
	Shinnosuke Ogata as Playman
	Ikuo Oka as Kobozu
	Gorō Naniwa as Yamajin
	Tokinosuke Nakamura as Nakabon
	Kenji Nagata as Samurai
	Eijirō Sekine as Samurai
	Ryōji Kōzuki as Kawaraban
	Jiro Yamazaki as Treasure Sawa
	Yasuo Fujita as Ynagisawa in childhood
	Kō Mihashi as Hotta Mamoru

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