24 May 1955
Duel at Sundown
A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.
Top Billed Cast
十代目 松本幸四郎 Heizou Hasegawa
和田聰宏 
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 
マキタスポーツ 
佐藤江梨子 
朝倉あき 
梶原善 
北乃きい 
橋爪功
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