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In Search of Mother

6.619621h 23mMovieDrama

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.

DirectorTai Katō
WriterTai Katō
ProducersKeiichi Hashimoto·Keizo Mimura

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Cast · Directed by Tai Katō

KNKinnosuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Banba no Chutaro
HMHiroki Matsukata
Hiroki Matsukata
Kanamachi no Hanjiro
KOKeiko Okawa
Keiko Okawa
Otose
MKMichiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure
Ohama
HNHitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara
Onui
IYIsao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata
Yosuke
KHKensaku Hara
Kensaku Hara
Kingoro
SNShizue Natsukawa
Shizue Natsukawa
Omura
CNChieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa
Obah
SSSadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
Otora
MS
Michisaburō Segawa
Sukegoro
STShin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji
Kihachi

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