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The Great Duel (1964)

Genre : Action, Drama

Runtime : 1H 58M

Director : Eiichi Kudo

Synopsis

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfil a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

Actors

Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Mikijirō Hira
Mikijirō Hira
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Chiezō Kataoka
Chiezō Kataoka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami Munakata
Nami Munakata
Kotaro Satomi
Kotaro Satomi
Minoru Oki
Minoru Oki
Shirō Ōsaka
Shirō Ōsaka
Hideo Sunazuka
Hideo Sunazuka
Rinichi Yamamoto
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kôshirô Harada
Kôshirô Harada
Yuriko Mishima
Yuriko Mishima
Kayako Sono
Kayako Sono
Shunji Kasuga
Shunji Kasuga
Masahiko Naruse
Masahiko Naruse
Kiyoshi Kachi
Kiyoshi Kachi
Masao Hori
Masao Hori
Kenji Kusumoto
Kenji Kusumoto
Hiroshi Kato
Hiroshi Kato
Kazutarō Kuni
Kazutarō Kuni
Shinnosuke Ogata
Shinnosuke Ogata
Harue Yasuki
Harue Yasuki
Haruhiko Nishi
Haruhiko Nishi
Kyôichi Hara
Kyôichi Hara
Kenji Egi
Kenji Egi
Masataka Iwao
Masataka Iwao
Shôtarô Kizuki
Shôtarô Kizuki
Hajime Nagoya
Hajime Nagoya
Reiichi Hatanaka
Reiichi Hatanaka
Kunijirô Yanagi
Kunijirô Yanagi
Ryutaro Otomo
Ryutaro Otomo

Crews

Eiichi Kudo
Eiichi Kudo
Director
Kaneo Ikegami
Kaneo Ikegami
Writer
Norimichi Matsudaira
Norimichi Matsudaira
Idea
Seiichi Suzuki
Seiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Osamu Furuya
Osamu Furuya
Director of Photography
Kozo Horiike
Kozo Horiike
Editor
Jiro Tomita
Jiro Tomita
Production Design
Tatsuo Honda
Tatsuo Honda
Assistant Director

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