Zipang
Jipangu
Veteran director Kaizo Hayashi made this post-modern samurai action adventure saga. The film centers on Jigoku-gokuraku-maru (Masahiro Takashima), a samurai on the lam. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable reward is Teppo Oyuri (Narumi Yasuda), a comely lass who is an ace shot with her pearl-laden pistol. Before she can set her sights on Jigoku-gokuraku-maru, he is attacked by a hoard of sword-wielding thugs also hoping to collect the reward. He dispatches them with bloody aplomb. Later, Jigoku-gokuraku- maru and Teppo Oyuri -- who has fallen for the master swordsman in spite of herself -- ventures to Zipingu -- the Land of Gold -- in search of a magical gold sword.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Masahiro Takashima
Jigoku Gokurakumaru
Narumi Yasuda
Yuri the Pistol
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Bengal
Togizo the Squire
Shirô Sano
Bunshichi the Puppetmaster
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Baiken Jukkanji
Kagidama the Pyrotech
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Teru
Torisuke the Kitemaker
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Masumi Nagasaki
Kikumaru
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mikio Narita
Hayashi Razan
Kenya Sawada
Tobatsu
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Yôko Kumagai
Composer
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Hidehiko Urayama
Composer
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Masaki Tamura
Cinematographer