A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
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Cast
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Koji Yakusho
Koheita Mochizuki
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Yuko Asano
Yuko Kosei
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Bunta Sugawara
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Spirited Away
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Ryudo Uzaki
Yoshijuro Senba
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Yasukawa Hanzo
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Saburo Ishikura
Tomoe no Taiju
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Renji Ishibashi
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Audition
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Katsunosuke Nakai
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Cure
Full Metal Yakuza
Isao Bitō
Rokuzaemon Ichikawa
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The Funeral
Hideji Ōtaki
Imamura
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Kagemusha
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Shigeru Kōyama
Ikki Honda
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Black Rain
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Takeshi Katō
Toneri Uchijima
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Kon Ichikawa Director · Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay
United States release September 13, 2001 · Produced in Japan · Original title どら平太
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
どら平太
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 13, 2000
Theatrical
United States · September 13, 2001
Theatrical
Russia
October 10, 2009 · Theatrical · Ретроспектива Кона Итикавы в Москве
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