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The Retired Samurai

198745mMovieDramaHistory

Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been belittled of late and has seemingly lost the will…

DirectorAkinori Matsuo
WriterIchirō Miyagawa

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Cast · Directed by Akinori Matsuo

TMToshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Hikozaemon Ōkubo
MTMisako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka
RTRyo Tamura
Ryo Tamura
SFShunji Fujimura
Shunji Fujimura
DTDaijiro Tsutsumi
Daijiro Tsutsumi

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