28 Dec 1958
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Ring Wandering
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He can’t draw the extinct wolf well and struggles to develop the story. One winter’s day, Sosuke finds an animal’s skull while digging foundations at a construction site and takes it home. Is it a Japanese wolf’s skull?
Top Billed Cast
笠松将 Ma Sosuke
阿部純子 Midori Kawauchi / Kozue
安田顕 Seiichi Kawauchi
片岡礼子 Aiko Kawauchi
長谷川初範 Ginzo
品川徹 Kota Kawauchi (old age)
田中要次 Shioya
Shunta Ito Kota Kawauchi (boy)
横山美智代 Momoko Kawauchi
古屋隆太 Toshiro Kawauchi
増田修一朗 Daishi Naito
細井学 Tsuneo Chiba
ボブ鈴木 Hachibei
比佐仁 Sakuji
山下徳久 Goro
大宮将司 Construction Worker
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