A contest worth a thousand ryo: In search of a bride

1960•1h 2m

AdventureComedy

A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to have some fun and practice. And here he is attacked by a beautiful thief... A light comedy historical drama.

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Toei Company

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Cast

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Kyoko Aoyama

Atsushi Watanabe

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Kensaku Hara

Jūshirō Konoe

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Jotaro Togami

Kyoji Sugi

Koji Arima

Akiko Santo

Yaeko Wakamizu

Juro Hoshi

Harue Akagi

Ikuo Oka

Hiroshi Ueda

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Heitaro Gori

Kazuo Tokita

Shinichi Hamada

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