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Killer's Mission

Killer's Mission

Part of Shikoro Ichibei the Bounty Hunter

1969•1h 30m•6.8/10
Action

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6.8/10(12)

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...

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Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

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Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shikoro Ichibei

Yumiko Nogawa

Yumiko Nogawa

Kagero

Tomoko Mayama

Tomoko Mayama

Akane

Jūkei Fujioka

Jūkei Fujioka

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Osman Yusuf

Osman Yusuf

Captain Segal

Junko Toda

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Gorō Mutsumi

Gorō Mutsumi

Yotoji

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Okiteyama Nikaido

Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi

Jun Usami

Jun Usami

Makino Bungo

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Shogun Ieshige

Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka

Ijiun Ukyo

Tom Mayer

Shinji Hama

Shintaro Nasu

Tatmotsu Okuno

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