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The Shadow Avenger (1959) [N/A]

Featuring:
Kanjûrô Arashi, Ureo Egawa, Jûshirô Kobayashi

Written by:
Jiro Fujishima
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Rokuhei Susukita

Directed by:
Nobuo Nakagawa

Release Date:
April 29, 1959

Original Title:
影法師捕物帖

Alternate Titles:
Kageboshi Torimonocho
Kageboshi: The Shadow Avenger
Kagebôshi torimonochô

Genres:
Action | History

Production Companies:
Shintoho Company

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
N/A

Runtime: 85

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Keiji Miyazawa

Assistant Director:
Yoshihiro Ishikawa

Director:
Nobuo Nakagawa

Director of Photography:
Tadashi Nishimoto

Editor:
Shin Nagata

Executive Producer:
Mitsugi Okura

Lighting Technician:
Shigeo Orimo

Original Music Composer:
Rokuro Hara

Original Story:
Rokuhei Susukita

Screenplay:
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Jiro Fujishima

Sound Recordist:
Haruo Numata

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