Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
Director:
Kokichi Uchide
Writers:
Hyōgo Suzuki, Isamu Nagae.
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Utaemon Ichikawa as Tsukigata Hanpeita |
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Isuzu Yamada as Somehachi |
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Hibari Misora as Hinagiku |
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Chizuru Kitagawa as Umematsu |
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Minoru Ōki as Katsura Kogoro |
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Jotaro Togami as Sakamoto Ryoma |
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Yoshito Yamaji as Komiyama Jizaemon |
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Daijiro Natsukawa as Fujioka Kujuro |
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Joji Kaieda as |
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Akio Kobori as |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as |
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Chieko Naniwa as |
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Hiroko Takayama as |
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Tomiemon Otomo as |
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Sanshiro Tsubaki as |
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Rintarō Fujima as |
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Noboru Kasuga as |
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Kenzō Tanaka as |
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Fujio Sasagawa as |
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Koji Nakata as |
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Saburo Komyoji as |
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Shin Nakahara as |
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Shûsaku Waka as |
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Minoru Suzuki as |
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Akio Miyajima as |
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Haruo Inoue as |
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Kazuko Okada as |
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Mitsue Takigawa as |
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Hisano Yamato as |
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Michiyo Azuma as |
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Teruko Mikasa as |
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Yatarō Kitagami as Hayase Tatsuma |
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Mitsuo Nagata as Okazaki Kozo |
| Production | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Researcher |
| Art | Toshio Fuwa | Set Decoration |
| Production | Kōichirō Ogura | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Rifū Yukitomo | Original Story |
| Writing | Hyōgo Suzuki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Isamu Nagae | Screenplay |
| Camera | Kiyoshi Kataoka | Director of Photography |
| Art | Haruhide Kuwano | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Shigeo Terada | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Mitsuzō Miyata | Editor |
| Sound | Tadashi Manjome | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hiroshi Yoshizawa | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Kokichi Uchide | Director |
| Production | 市川哲夫 | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Taro Takahashi | Sound Recordist |