07 Jul 2022
Becoming Marilyn
The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth of a myth.
Kenpu Renpeikan
Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, the famed Shindo Munen Ryu swordsmen of Renpeikan in Edo. Katsura is initially not welcomed by the other, senior dojo followers. Undeterred, he focuses on improving his skill not only in swordsmanship but also learning how to repel the foreign British and American ships that threaten their domain.
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阪東妻三郎 Katsura Kogoro
荒木忍 Saito Yakuro
Tsushima Keiichiro Shintaro
羅門光三郎 Utanosuke
月形龍之介 Sagawa Hikokuro
阿部九洲男 Amano Hachiro
葛木香一 Mito Noriaki
南部彰三 Yoshida Shoin
原聖四郎 Katogi Tozo
水野浩 Iwakichi
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