Akage (Red Lion)
1969 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt officials and businessmen.
Direction Kihachi Okamoto
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Shima Iwashita · Etsushi Takahashi · Minori Terada · Nobuko Otowa · Yûko Mochizuki · Jitsuko Yoshimura · Kawai Okada · Shigeru Kôyama · Eisei Amamoto · Tokubei Hanazawa · Shin Kishida · Hideo Sunazuka · Bokuzen Hidari
Soundtrack Masaru Satô
Screenplay Kihachi Okamoto · Sakae Hirosawa
Cinematography Takao Saito
Original title Akage (Red Lion)
6.5
125 votes (FilmAffinity)
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