As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.
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Cast
36 people
Chiezo Kataoka
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Yoshie Mizutani
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Shigehiro Ozawa
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Shintarô Miyamoto
Kinya Naoi
Kikuko Hojo
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Eiichi Yamada
Yumiko Mihara
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Norimichi Igawa
Kenji Susukida
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Shigehiro Ozawa Director · Kinya Naoi Screenplay Tatsuro Jinde Story
First release February 28, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title さくら判官
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
さくら判官
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 28, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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