22 May 1957
Oshidori kenkagasa
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Kenkaku Shōbai: Tsujigiri
Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.
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Matagoro Nakamura II 
加藤剛 
新井晴み 
小沢栄太郎 
地井武男 
近藤洋介 
浜田晃
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