18 Nov 2021
El Condenado
An old samurai has promised not to kill again and is determined to commit suicide in a river. A young samurai recognizes him from his violent past.
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
Top Billed Cast
赤木春恵 Woman at terrace house
明石潮 Hikoemon Yasui
Ryūtarō Aoyagi Gempachi Kondô
Koji Arima Tôzaemon Hayamizu
Mitsuo Asano Merchant
東千代之介 Takuminokami Asano
千原しのぶ Yûzuyu-dayû
Ryutaro Chikamatsu Shichirôemon Tamamushi
Iwao Daimaru Kichiemon Terasaka
Shusuke Daimonji Denshirô Fukai
團徳麿 Yasuke
Hiroshi Fujikawa Ichigaku, Shimizu
Kin'nosuke Fujiki Guard at Densô's house
Ichiro Fukui Sanji, townsman
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