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The Master Spearman

6.019601h 39mMovieDrama

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of the two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.

DirectorTomu Uchida
WriterMasato Ide
ProducerHiroshi Okawa

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Cast · Directed by Tomu Uchida

RORyutaro Otomo
Ryutaro Otomo
Takasada Tomita
CAChikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
Sakon Murayama
HHHiromi Hanazono
Hiromi Hanazono
Umeme
IYIsao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata
Mitsunari Ishida
KHKensaku Hara
Kensaku Hara
Kazunobu Tomita
MOMasao Oda
Masao Oda
Kichibei
EOEitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Ieyasu Tokugawa
YKYataro Kurokawa
Yataro Kurokawa
CKChiezo Kataoka
Chiezo Kataoka
Toshinaga Maeda
RKRyōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
EKEijirō Kataoka
Eijirō Kataoka
KOKajō Onoe
Kajō Onoe

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