Release Date: 1961-09-13
Overview: A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
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Utaemon Ichikawa
as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
So Yamamura
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Hiroko Sakuramachi
as Nui
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Gyutaku
Michitarō Mizushima
as Akagawa Daizen
Shinobu Hashimoto - Screenplay
Shigeto Miki - Director of Photography
Kenji Tanaka - Lighting Technician
Choshiro Katsura - Art Direction
Shintarō Miyamoto - Editor
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