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.
Shadow Hunters
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.
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伊藤 敏八 
仲代達矢 
隆大介 山本緑 
小沢栄太郎 
近藤洋介 
内藤武敏 
山本清 
平泉成 Toru Takeuchi Shôshin Kobayashi Kozo Yamamura 
沖時男 Atsuo Moroki Katsuhito Matsuo Etsuji Azuma 
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