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Chutaro of Banba

03/29/1955

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1hr 26min

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Drama

,Action

,Adventure

STORY

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tomisaburō Wakayama
  • Yōko Katsuragi
  • Hisaya Morishige
  • Yōnosuke Toba
  • Kusuo Abe

    Directors

  • Nobuo Nakagawa
  • Kichitarō Shibata

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Shintoho Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Yōko Katsuragi

Hisaya Morishige

Yōnosuke Toba

Kusuo Abe

Ichirō Izawa

Kōji Mitsui

Hisako Takihana

Sanae Mitsuoka

Otose

Kikuko Hanaoka

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