The Third Shadow Warrior

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The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue

Drama, Action, War · 1h 44m

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....

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Cast

Raizō Ichikawa Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto Hizuru Takachiho Teruhime Masayo Banri Kohagi Katsuhiko Kobayashi Shigeru Amachi Sadamitsu Miki Ryūzō Shimada Tatsuya Ishiguro Rieko Sumi Nobuo Kaneko Saburo Date Manabu Morita
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Shinjirō Asano

Crew

Director
Umetsugu Inoue
Screenplay
Seiji Hoshikawa
Director of Photography
Shozo Honda
Original Music Composer
Hajime Kaburagi
Editor
Mitsuzō Miyata

Details

Original title
第三の影武者
Release date
1963-04-21
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, Action, War
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Daiei Film