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Father Avenger (1987)
Directed by Sadao Nakajima
Drama, History · 45m
Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samurai) searching for his father's enemy. O-Tama, the star of a light acrobatics hut in the back mountains of Asakusa, falls in love at first sight with a ronin named Shohachi who appears out of nowhere and, impressed by his skills, asks him to become the troupe's bodyguard. Shohachi, who is searching for his father's enemy Hyoto, follows the troupe on their provincial tour and finally finds him. But it seems that his enemy is quite skilled.
Cast
Chosuke Ikariya
Kōji Nakamoto
Masatoshi Nakamura
Mikio Narita
Keiko Saito
Casey Takamine
Aki Takejo
Crew
- Director
- Sadao Nakajima
- Screenplay
- Ichirō Miyagawa
Details
- Original title
- 傑作時代劇 かるわざ剣法
- Release date
- 1987-04-30
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TV Asahi, Toei Company