Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
1960
74 minutes
Overview
After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
Top Cast
Kanjūrō Arashi
Shōzaburō Date
Namiji Namiura
Jūzaburō Akechi
Kōtarō Bandō
Saburō Sawai
Ayame Hanazono
Sōten Kuni
Sōzaburō Kikuchi
Baku Mizuhara
Takamitsu Watanabe
Kazuki Nishi
Hiroshi Hayashi
Hiroshi Shingûji
Yukio Kohama
Tomohiko Ôtani
Yōzō Takamura
Yūzō Harumi
Eisuke Sakauchi
Shinji Suzuki
Tōru Chiba
Kōji Hirose
Masao Takamatsu
Tadashi Ikezuki
Keiji Yajima
Hiroaki Kurahashi
Keiko Hasegawa
Sakutarō Yamakawa
Takashi Yamaguchi
Hiroshi Tsukiji
Hiromichi Takenaka
Jun Kanbayashi