Quick-draw Okatsu (1969)
This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habit, and it plunges the family into trouble when he loses a lot of money in a crooked dice game. After releasing he is unable to pay the debt he owes; the blame is shouldered by the father, who is killed, leading Okatsu on a path of revenge.
Director:
Nobuo Nakagawa
Writer:
Kōji Takada
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Junko Miyazono as Okatsu, the female samurai |
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Kenji Imai as Shiozaki |
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Yuriko Mishima as |
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Yukie Kagawa as Saki |
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Masaomi Kondo as Rintaro |
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Harumi Sone as Jinkuro |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Bounty hunter |
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Kō Nishimura as Makabe |
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Reiko Oshida as Rui |
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Tetsuya Yamaoka as |
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Yoshikazu Sugi as |
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Nakajirō Tomita as |
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Tomotaka Ueda as |
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Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama as |
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Seiya Satō as |
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Gōzō Sōma as |
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Sayoko Tanimoto as |
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Akikane Sawa as |
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Hiroshi Date as |
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Mitsuko Aoi as |
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Yuki Aresa as |
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Genji Kawai as |
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Toshio Kitagawa as |
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Chikara Gonoue as |
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Junko Toda as |
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西智子 as |
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Chie Kobayashi as |
| Directing | Nobuo Nakagawa | Director |
| Camera | Masahiko Iimura | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kazuhiro Yonezawa | Set Decoration |
| Art | Shinichi Eno | Art Direction |
| Directing | Atsushi Mihori | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Tadasaburo Ono | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Kōji Takada | Screenplay |
| Editing | Yoshiki Nagasawa | Editor |
| Sound | Masuhiro Hirokami | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Koichi Kawabe | Original Music Composer |