The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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?
Run Time
1h 35m
Genre
Drama
Release Date
13 Sep 1961
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Utaemon IchikawaYamanouchi Iganosuke
So YamamuraCouncilor Matsudaira Izu
Hiroko SakuramachiNui
Chōichirō KawarasakiGyutaku
Michitarō MizushimaAkagawa Daizen
Noboru NakayaFujii Sakyo
Eijirō YanagiAbbot Tenchu
Ten'ichi-bo
Chōjūrō KawarasakiMagistrate O'oka Echizen
Shin TokudaijiYoshimune
Ushio AkashiUshio Koetsu
Koji ArimaSangoro Yoshida


Nobuo Nakagawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
Chumei Watanabe