The Battle of Kawanakajima
Kawanakajima kassen
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin (Ichikawa Ennosuke) and Takeda Shingen (Okochi Denjiro). The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons (also played by Ichikawa Ennosuke) and the supply troops (Hasegawa Kazuo among them) to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman (Yamada Isuzu).
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Isamu Etô
Sanzô Ôhori
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Taizō Fukami
Gorô Imasato
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Kyôzô Fuyuki
Masato Narishima
Kazuo Hasegawa
Hyakuzô
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Enjûro Ichikawa
Koshirô Noyake
Ennosuke Ichikawa
Kenshin Uesugi
Ennosuke Ichikawa
Sonkurô Kaiga
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Ensaburô Ichikawa
Uemon Akimoto
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Atsuko Ichinomiya
Otsuki
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Heikurô Imanari
Keizô Ogata
Takako Irie
Chiyono - widow
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Kôsaku Yamada
Composer
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Mitsuo Miura
Cinematographer