09 Jan 1959
The Acrobats of Death
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
The Magoichi Saga
Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners.
Top Billed Cast
萬屋錦之介 Saika Magoichi
栗原小巻 Komichi
本郷功次郎 Priest Shin-so
中村嘉葎雄 Tokichiro
南美川洋子 Kano
梓英子 Tokichiro's wife Nene
志村喬 Magoichi's father
勝新太郎 Oda Nobunaga
内藤武敏 
香川良介 
五味龍太郎 しめぎしがこ
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