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Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)

Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)

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Release Date: 1956, October 16
Directors: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Countries: Japan
Production: Daiei Film
Cast: Isao Yamagata, Machiko Kyō, Hideo Takamatsu, So Yamamura, Naritoshi Hayashi, Tamao Nakamura, Ayako Wakao, Koreya Senda, Shintarō Katsu, Kazuo Hasegawa, Michiyo Kogure, Denjirō Ōkōchi

Overview:

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...