Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth (1956)
Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
Director:
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
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Harue Akagi as Woman at terrace house |
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Ushio Akashi as Hikoemon Yasui |
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Ryūtarō Aoyagi as Gempachi Kondô |
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Koji Arima as Tôzaemon Hayamizu |
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Mitsuo Asano as Merchant |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as Takuminokami Asano |
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Shinobu Chihara as Yûzuyu-dayû |
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Ryutaro Chikamatsu as Shichirôemon Tamamushi |
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Iwao Daimaru as Kichiemon Terasaka |
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Shusuke Daimonji as Denshirô Fukai |
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Tokumaro Dan as Yasuke |
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Hiroshi Fujikawa as Ichigaku, Shimizu |
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Kinnosuke Fujiki as Guard at Densô's house |
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Ichiro Fukui as Sanji, townsman |
| Production | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Researcher |
| Writing | Jiro Osaragi | Original Story |
| Directing | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Director |
| Camera | Yôkô Kumada | Still Photographer |
| Production | Tadashi Sakai | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Sound | Toshirō Sasaki | Sound |
| Lighting | Shuichi Yamane | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Shoji Matsumura | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Sentaro Iwata | Color Grading |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Sound | Shiro Fukai | Music |
| Camera | Shintarō Kawasaki | Director of Photography |