Bored Hatamoto: Riddle of The Assassin's Group
1960 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
As a hatamoto (direct retainer of the shogun) Saotome Mondonosuke has a crescent scar on his forehead, which is a license to go above the law in order to protect the shogunate. In this exciting entry in the series, a vicious plot using ninja to curse the shogun leads to a showdown with the Owari clan, one of the 3 branch families of the Tokugawa. Will Mondonosuke be able to discover who is behind the conspiracy in time to save His Excellency from a hideous death?
Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda
Cast Utaemon Ichikawa · Sô Yamamura · Kotaro Satomi · Isao Yamagata · Kenji Susukida · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Keiko Okawa · Kogiku Hanayagi · Satomi Oka · Akitake Kôno
Soundtrack Shiro Fukai · Saburo Tominaga
Screenplay Mitsuzô Sasaki
Cinematography Shintarô Kawasaki
Original title Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko: Nazo no Ansatsu-tai
Also known as Bored Hatamoto: Riddle of The Assassin's Group
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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