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勝新太郎 Zatoichi
樋口可南子 Boss Han Bosatsu
陣内孝則 Inspector Hanshu
鴈龍 Boss Goemon
内田裕也 Boss Akabei
Toyomi Kusano Ume
片岡鶴太郎 Tsuru
中山美穂 
緒形拳 
三木のり平 
粟津號 
伴大介 
江幡高志 Mayumi Fujii 長谷川弘 Tsuneyuki Hasegawa Keiko Hirade 
堀田眞三 Taisuke Imai Masao Ishiguro
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