Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood (1949)
The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.
Director:
Masahiro Makino
Writer:
Fuji Yahiro
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Tsumasaburō Bandō as Murasaki zukin / Hidemaro Karita / Ryûtarô Mukui |
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Saheiji |
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Daisuke Katō as Yasu |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as Zen'emon Tanaka |
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Yumeko Aizome as Oren - maid |
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Shinobu Araki as Kazuô Matsudaira |
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Haruyo Ichikawa as Ohide |
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Makoto Kobori as Sekisai Ôkubo |
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Chikako Miyagi as Oyô |
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Kunitaro Sawamura as Chôji |
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Yumeji Tsukioka as Kimi - Ryûtarô's fiancée |
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Isamu Yamaguchi as Inokichi - cook |
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Minpei Tomimoto as Yahei Sudô |
| Writing | Fuji Yahiro | Screenplay |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Directing | Masahiro Makino | Director |
| Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Music |
| Writing | Rokuhei Susukita | Original Story |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |