Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...
Director:
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Writer:
Teinosuke Kinugasa
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Kazuo Hasegawa as Tsukigata Hanpeita |
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Raizō Ichikawa as Tatsuma Hayase |
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Fujiko Yamamoto as Umematsu |
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Shintarō Katsu as Shusaku Utsugi |
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Machiko Kyō as Hagino |
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Ayako Wakao as Yuri Mamiya |
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Kenji Sugawara as Katsumata |
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Michiyo Kogure as Somehachi |
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Tamao Nakamura as Utagiku |
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So Yamamura as Katsura Kogoro |
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Isao Yamagata as Fujioka |
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Gensai Mamiya |
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Koreya Senda as Kintomo Anegakôji |
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Yasuko Kawakami as Namie |
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Hideo Takamatsu as Daijiro Akamatsu |
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Aiko Mimasu as Ai |
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Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Sango Atobe |
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Naritoshi Hayashi as Tetsunosuke Mamiya |
| Directing | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Director |
| Writing | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Screenplay |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
| Production | Shozaburo Asai | Producer |
| Writing | Minoru Inuzuka | Writer |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kōhei Sugiyama | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Ken'ichi Okamoto | Gaffer |
