Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows

Synopsis

During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Seiji, the disowned son of the innkeeper, has run up a big gambling bill and, to settle it, the hoodlums decide to kill him. He is saved, however, by Hanako, star of the dancing troupe also staying at the inn. Gengo meets Hanako and learns that the troupe cannot open their show because the local police corruptly demand too much of the receipts. After another fight, Gengo sees the police-chief on behalf of the troupe, but is refused. So he suspects that the police and the hoodlums are implicated with each other. There seems no way to open the show until they hear that the governor is coming to the town for a local banquet. They appeal to him and he promises to investigate. It is decided that a duel will settle the matter...

Main Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Gengo Saotome

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Michitarō Mizushima

Sangorô Oiwake

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Hiroshi Minami

Keijirô Ichinose

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Yōko Yamamoto

Emi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 36%

Ryōji Hayama

Kakunoshin Okada

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Tōru Abe

Detective Kuroshima

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Shōki Fukae

Morita

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Osamu Takizawa

Yoshida

Age : 93 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Seitaro Omori
Writing	Novel	Shôfû Muramatsu
	Writer	Tomoichiro Miyamoto
	Screenplay	Takeshi Iwasaki
Directing	Director	Motomu Ida
Crew	Cinematography	Izumi Hagiwara
Department	Role	Name

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