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Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger

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For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.

Directed byNobuo Nakagawa

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
JA
Released
April 29, 1959
Studios
Shintoho Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Ryūzaburō Nakamura

Ryūzaburō Nakamura

Kinuko Obata

Kinuko Obata

Jūzaburō Akechi

Jūzaburō Akechi

Ureo Egawa

Ureo Egawa

Hikosaburo Kataoka

Noriko Kitazawa

Noriko Kitazawa

Junko Ikeuchi

Junko Ikeuchi

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Toshio Hosokawa

Creative team
Directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa
Nobuo Nakagawa
Written by
Jiro Fujishima
Yoshihiro Ishikawa

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