Bored Hatamoto: Acrobats of Death

Bored Hatamoto: Acrobats of Death

Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: Nazo no nanban-daiko
🎞️ Movie 87 min JP
โ˜… 6.6 /10 1959

During the reign of 5th Shogun Tokugawa Tsuneyoshi a troupe of Chinese acrobats travel to Japan to help celebrate the building of the Yushima Shrine. At the same time a series of mysterious assassinations take place with a strange and unknown weapon. Master swordsman Saotome Mondonosuke, a 'Hatamoto' (direct retainer of the Shogun) and a man who loves action takes it upon himself to get to the bottom of the mystery and and solve the puzzling crimes.

Cast

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Masao Hori
Utaemon Ichikawa
Utaemon Ichikawa
Saotome Mondonosuke
Kunio Kaga
Kunio Kaga
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
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Joko Kichijo
Kin'ya Kitaôji
Kin'ya Kitaôji
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Ichitarô Kuni
Mitsuko Miura
Mitsuko Miura
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Teruo Miyazaki
Shunji Sakai
Shunji Sakai
Eiichi Yamada
Eiichi Yamada
Composer
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Takeo Itô
Cinematographer