Showdown at Lightning Pass (1962)
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.
Director:
Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers:
Kōji Takada, Nobuo Nakagawa.
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Utaemon Ichikawa as Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu |
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Shinjirō Ehara as Kojiro |
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Satomi Oka as Yukie |
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Yukiji Asaoka as Courtesan Shioji |
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Sawamura Sōjūrō IX as Shinohara Samanosuke |
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Sayuri Tachikawa as Chigusa |
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Ryūji Shinagawa as Kawabe Hannojo |
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Yataro Kurokawa as Yagyu Tajima-no-kami |
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Kunio Kaga as |
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Hideo Hongo as |
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Choji Oka as |
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Koji Arima as Kyusaku |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as Isokawa Jinbei |
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Jotaro Togami as Shinoda Katsuie |
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Kōkichi Takada as Akao Saemontaro |
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Jūshirō Konoe as Makabe Rintaro |
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Eitarō Shindō as |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kōji Takada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Nobuo Nakagawa | Director |
| Writing | Shintarō Mimura | Original Story |
| Writing | Nobuo Nakagawa | Screenplay |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Directing | Yasuto Hasegawa | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Kenji Tanaka | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Ryuji Tsukamoto | Art Direction |
| Sound | Toshirō Sasaki | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hiroya Abe | Original Music Composer |