Secret of Naruto
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.
Run Time
1h 41m
Original Title
鳴門秘帖
Genre
Drama, Action
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Release Date
29 Sep 1957
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast


Teinosuke Kinugasa
Chikage Awashima
Kazuo Hasegawa
Raizō Ichikawa
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Osamu Takizawa
Fujiko Yamamoto
Naritoshi Hayashi
Nobuo Nakamura
Masao Shimizu
Eiji Yoshikawa