Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger (1958)
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong. Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.
Director:
Tadashi Sawashima
Writer:
Tadashi Sawashima
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as |
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Hitomi Nakahara as |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Satomi Oka as |
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Kensaku Hara as |
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Shunji Sakai as |
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Hiroko Sakuramachi as |
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Isao Yamagata as |
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Eitarō Shindō as |
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Haruo Tanaka as |
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Sonosuke Sawamura as |
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Ryūko Azuma as |
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Kanji Koshiba as |
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Kunio Kaga as |
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Kodayu Ichikawa as |
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Sōji Kiyokawa as |
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Kyoji Sugi as |
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Juro Hoshi as |
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Kiyoshi Sawada as |
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Shinji Oda as |
| Sound | Hiroo Nozu | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Watada | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Tadashi Sawashima | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tadashi Sawashima | Director |
| Camera | Makoto Tsuboi | Director of Photography |