The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Drama · 1h 35m

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?

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Cast

Crew

Director
Nobuo Nakagawa
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Director of Photography
Shigeto Miki
Original Music Composer
Chumei Watanabe
Editor
Shintarō Miyamoto

Details

Original title
八百万石に挑む男
Release date
1961-09-13
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Toei Company