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Samurai of Hachiman (1981)

A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?

Release: 1981-06-19
Runtime: 120 min
Cast
Yukiji Asaoka
Yukiji Asaoka
Yū Fujiki
Yū Fujiki
Ken Matsudaira
Ken Matsudaira
Tamao Nakamura
Tamao Nakamura
Kyoko Yoshizawa
Kyoko Yoshizawa
Jun Etoh
Jun Etoh
Kōji Shimizu
Kōji Shimizu
Masaru Shiga
Masaru Shiga
Sakae Umezu
Sakae Umezu
Genji Kawai
Genji Kawai
Kojou Chiaki
Kojou Chiaki
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Yoshiro Ichikawa
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Shinji Takano
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Yoriko Ogawa
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Norifumi Sasamoto
Rebun Hori
Rebun Hori
Yu Mizushima
Yu Mizushima
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Mineo Sugiura