
Daredevil in the Castle
Genres
Overview
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
1961-01-03
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
7.4
Toshirō Mifune
Mohei
Kyōko Kagawa
Ai
Yuriko Hoshi
Senhime
Yoshiko Kuga
Kobue
Isuzu Yamada
Yodogami
Yōsuke Natsuki
Chomonshu Kimura
Jun Tazaki
Teikabo Tsutsumi
Akihiko Hirata
Hayatonosho 'Hayato' Susukida
Takashi Shimura
Katagiri
Tadao Nakamaru
Hyogo
Tetsuro Tamba
Sadamasa Ishikawa
Danko Ichikawa
Saizo Muin
Koedako Kuroiwa
Nobuo
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Michiiku Itamiya
Yū Fujiki
Danuemon Hanawa
Seizaburō Kawazu
Harunaga Ono
Susumu Fujita
Katsuyasu Sakakibara
Hanshiro Iwai
Hideyori Toyotomi
Sachio Sakai
Kai Hayami
Yoshio Kosugi
Gidayu Fujimoto
Kichijirō Ueda
Jinbei the equipment-shop owner
Ren Yamamoto
Chieko Nakakita
Kyoku of Yae
Haruko Tōgō
Ono woman
Hideyo Amamoto
Interpreter
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Kumoi
Shirō Tsuchiya
Tosho Horita
Akira Tani
Rice-Shop Owner
Shin Ōtomo
Itamiya manager
Katsumi Tezuka
Shuma Ono
Senkichi Ōmura
Ikio Sawamura
Kôji Uno
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Haruo Nakajima
Hans Horneff
Bill Bassman
Toshiko Nakano
Osman Yusuf
Shigeki Ishida
Takuzō Kumagai
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