03 Apr 1976
Cape of the North
A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
Top Billed Cast
萩原健一 
藤谷美和子 
根津甚八 
島田陽子 
十代目 坂東三津五郎 
中村れい子 
佐藤慶 
大村崑 
内藤武敏 
本田博太郎 
片桐竜次 根岸一正 
野口貴史 
内田勝正 Yoshimi Hara
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