The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
95 mins
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?
Tsukie Matsuura
Ritsu
Ryōei Itō
Gensuke
Kazutarō Kuni
Guard
Shinnosuke Ogata
Playman
Ikuo Oka
Kobozu
Gorō Naniwa
Yamajin
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Nakabon
Kenji Nagata
Samurai
Eijirō Sekine
Samurai
Ryōji Kōzuki
Kawaraban
Jiro Yamazaki
Treasure Sawa
Yasuo Fujita
Ynagisawa in childhood
Ko Mihashi
Hotta Mamoru
Kenji Tanaka
Lighting Technician
Choshiro Katsura
Art Direction
Minoru Miki
Director of Photography
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Kenjirō Tōjō
Sound Recordist