28 Dec 1958
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Cruel Bondage Picture Legend
It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with photography was a photograph of a naked woman.
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谷ナオミ Okichi Tôjin
John Basclin Townsend Harris
野上正義 Ryûnosuke Murakami
Yuki Minami Hama Kamioka
今泉洋 Ren'eda Kamioka
Yasushi Matsuura Police officer
堺勝朗 Maeda
Yūichi Minato General
Jun Fukami Woman in Western-style building
Rie Nakano Woman in Chubuya
安田清美 Prostitute
佐川二郎 Owner
Kira Dora Police
Tatsuo Fukano Soldier
坂本昭 Topknot
Kaoru Ogata Chinese woman
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