Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961)
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.
Director:
Tadashi Sawashima
Writers:
Yoshio Shirasaka, Tadashi Sawashima.
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Hiroki Matsukata as |
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Kinya Kitaoji as |
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Kikuko Hojo as |
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Mari Watanabe as |
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Eiji Okada as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Haruo Tanaka as |
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Shizue Natsukawa as |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Hisashi Igawa as |
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Kanji Koshiba as |
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Juro Hoshi as |
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Kantarō Suga as |
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Minken Karasawa as |
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Kazuo Akatsuki as |
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Ren Takahashi as |
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Mitsue Kikumura as |
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Tokue Hanazawa as |
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Hiroshi Hatano as |
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Kinya Suzuki as |
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Tokinosuke Nakamura as |
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Hiroshi Sato as |
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Ushio Akashi as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Matsunojō Sasaki as |
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Toshi Komori as |
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Ryōzō Tanaka as |
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Kinichi Hanabusa as |
| Directing | Tadashi Sawashima | Director |
| Camera | Nagaki Yamagishi | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Koichi Yasuda | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Hiroo Nozu | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Writing | Yoshio Shirasaka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tadashi Sawashima | Screenplay |