The Abandoned Swords

Nan
1h 36m
1958
6 /10 (1)

Overview

Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Tokugawa Shogun. Gentaro of the Owari clan sets out to retrive the invaluable document.

Country : Japan
Genre : Drama
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 1958-10-01

Top Billed Cast

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Yumiko Hasegawa

Hibari Misora

Shunji Sakai

Isao Yamagata

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Kōtarō Satomi

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Kan Yanagiya

Shin Tokudaiji

Kensaku Hara

Kunio Kaga

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Kenji Kusumoto

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