22 Jan 1953
Bored Hatamoto Passes By
Bored Hatamoto movie #14
Uzumasa Limelight
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Top Billed Cast
福本清三 Seiichi
山本千尋 Satsuki iga
本田博太郎 Kenichi Naganuma
合田雅吏 Akihiko Kawashima
峰蘭太郎 栗塚旭 
Michihiro Kinoshita 柴田善行 Kazuaki Tai Boiru Nakajima Anna Kawashima 
尚玄 
中村静香 
市瀬秀和 
海老瀬はな Daisaku Kadokawa 
萬田久子 Mitsuru Tamura
小林稔侍 
松方弘樹 
Ayami Nakamura
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