19 Oct 1954
Hirate Miki the Swordman
The man is chased by losing the beauty and preciousness of love and the foundation of life without overcoming the hardship of life.
Samural Detective Onihei:Blood for Blood
When he was young, Hasegawa Hirakawa was taken care of by the daughter of an izakaya, who wanted to become a secret agent. Although Hirakawa gave up this wish, Asami began to explore independently for the thief, Kogawara, the murderer, and the net cutter, who Hirakawa was looking for. Although he successfully entered the group of the uncle of the murderer, he fell into a desperate crisis.
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十代目 松本幸四郎 Heizou Hasegawa
八代目 市川染五郎 Tetsusaburo Hasegawa (Young Onihei)
仙道敦子 
中村ゆり 
火野正平 
本宮泰風 
浅利陽介 
山田純大 
久保田悠来 
柄本時生
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