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Edo no akutaro

1959 ยท 1 hr 31 mins

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!

Director: Masahiro Makino

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo, Keiko Okawa, Chizuru Kitagawa, Shunji Sakai, Isao Yamagata

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