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Kisaragi Sword (きさらぎ無双剣)
Overview
The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil plans of the Owari Clan's corrupt Lord. It's a colorful bunch, a drunk samurai, a master thief, a sword instructor and a Lord who is disguised as a ronin since it is an executable offense for a lord to wander outside of their domain without permission. As the Chief Magistrate becomes suspicious of the Owari plot to send men to Kodenmacho Prison to start a riot he begins to investigate the rumors. He soon calls upon the Lord of Mikazuki Castle and the Shogun's best friend to help thwart the evil ambitions and battle the rouge swordsman hired by the Owari Clan.
Key Crew
Director: Yasushi Sasaki
Screenplay: Shinji Kessoku
Director of Photography: Motoya Washio
Top Cast
Utaemon Ichikawa
Tsukinosuke Ryûtan
Kazuo Akatsuki
Lower officer A
Kyoko Aoyama
Oen
Utanosuke Arashi
Kamenosuke
Masaharu Arikawa
Koiwai
Koji Arima
Genbei
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Kōtarō Bandō
Hyôko Yagyû
Videos
The Kisaragi Sword (1962) // Bande-annonce (VO)
