Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.
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30 films
Bored Hatamoto
Movie · 1930
Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto
Movie · 1930
Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai
Movie · 1931
Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo
Movie · 1931
Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage
Movie · 1933
Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo
Movie · 1935
Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku
Movie · 1935
Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji
Movie · 1937
Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure
Movie · 1938
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides
Movie · 1950
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
Movie · 1950
Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown
Movie · 1951
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
Movie · 1952
Bored Hatamoto Passes By
Movie · 1953
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
Movie · 1954
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
Movie · 1954
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
Movie · 1954
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
Movie · 1955
Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge
Movie · 1955
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Movie · 1956
Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower
Movie · 1957
The Mansion of Intrigue
Movie · 1957
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Movie · 1958
The Acrobats of Death
Movie · 1959
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Movie · 1959
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Movie · 1960
Ninja Assassins
Movie · 1960
The Cave of the Vampire Bats
Movie · 1961
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion
Movie · 1962
The Mysterious Cape
Movie · 1963
Cast
14 people
Utaemon Ichikawa
Saotome Mondonosuke
Known for
The 47 Ronin
Chikako Miyagi
霧島京彌
Also in
Carmen from Kawachi
Fighting Elegy
Keiko Kishi
菊路
Known for
The Makioka Sisters
Early Spring
Kodayu Ichikawa
松平左近将監
Also in
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Kuniko Igawa
萩乃
Known for
Early Summer
Twenty-Four Eyes
Kōkichi Takada
徳川浄海坊
Known for
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Joji Kaieda
徳川将軍
Also in
The 47 Ronin
The Red Bat
Eijirō Yanagi
北村内膳正
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Idiot
Minoru Ōki
宮本小次郎
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Ayuko Saijō
七重
Also in
The Crimson Peacock
The Tokyo Kid
Mitsuo Nagata
左右田孫六
Known for
Three Outlaw Samurai
Jushiro Kobayashi
空っ風の権次
Also in
Military Train
The Eagle and the Hawk
Tatsuo Ōsone Director · Hyōgo Suzuki Screenplay Isamu Nagae Screenplay
First release January 14, 1952 · Produced in Japan · Original title 旗本退屈男 江戸城罷り通る
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
旗本退屈男 江戸城罷り通る
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 14, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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