Cut the Shadow
Genres
Overview
The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consummated....
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
82 min
Release Date
1963-03-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
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Raizō Ichikawa
Michiko Saga
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Jun'ichirō Narita
Kinshiro Matsumoto
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Chitose Maki
Akiko Inoue
Chizuko Takamori
Otome Tsukimiya
Ikuko Mōri
Kamatari Fujiwara
Shirō Ōtsuji
Toshio Chiba
Shinobu Araki
Yoshito Yamaji
Yoshio Inaba
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