Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
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Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong. Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.
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Part of Isshin Tasuke
5 films
Cast
22 people
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Known for
Goyokin
Hitomi Nakahara
Also in
All My Children
Kimi no na wa
Kimiharu Tsujino
Tadashi Sawashima
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
Satomi Oka
Also in
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
13 Assassins
Kensaku Hara
Known for
Osaka Elegy
Shunji Sakai
Also in
Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
Magic Boy
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Also in
Magic Boy
Big Time Gambling Boss
Isao Yamagata
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Samurai Rebellion
Eitarō Shindō
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Haruo Tanaka
Known for
Ikiru
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Tadashi Sawashima Director · Seiichi Suzuki Composer Makoto Tsuboi Cinematographer
First release October 22, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Original title 一心太助 天下の一大事
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
一心太助 天下の一大事
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 22, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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