27 Oct 1998
Samurai Fiction
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
Killer's Mission
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...
Top Billed Cast
若山富三郎 Shikoro Ichibei
野川由美子 Kagero
真山知子 Akane
藤岡重慶 
潮健児 
関山耕司 
オスマン・ユセフ Captain Segal
任田順好 
汐路章 
睦五朗 Yotoji
天津敏 Okiteyama Nikaido
高橋昌也 
宇佐美淳 Makino Bungo
三島雅夫 
鶴田浩二 Shogun Ieshige
片岡千恵蔵 Ijiun Ukyo
Tom Mayer Shinji Hama Shintaro Nasu Tatmotsu Okuno
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