Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Tokugawa Shogun. Gentaro of the Owari clan sets out to retrieve the invaluable document.
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Eiji Yoshikawa Original Story
Shinji Kessoku Screenplay
Shiro Fukai Original Music Composer
Shintarō Kawasaki Director of Photography
Haruo Nakayama Lighting Technician
Taizō Kawashima Art Direction
Kenjirō Tōjō Sound Recordist
Shintarō Miyamoto Editor
Sadatsugu Matsuda Director
Tadaoto Kainoshō Costume Design
Onmitsu Shichishoki Trailer
Japan 01 October 1958
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