Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

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Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961)

Directed by Tadashi Sawashima

Action, Comedy, Drama · 1h 31m

The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.

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Cast

Hiroki Matsukata Kinya Kitaoji Kikuko Hojo Mari Watanabe Eiji Okada Eitarō Ozawa Haruo Tanaka Shizue Natsukawa Nijiko Kiyokawa Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Hisashi Igawa Kanji Koshiba

Crew

Director
Tadashi Sawashima
Screenplay
Yoshio Shirasaka, Tadashi Sawashima
Director of Photography
Nagaki Yamagishi
Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Editor
Shintarō Miyamoto

Details

Original title
水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ
Release date
1961-07-19
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Toei Company