Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

Part of Bored Hatamoto Collection

1959•1h 31m•6.0/10

Drama

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Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

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Toei Company

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Saotome Mondonosuke

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Kinya Kitaoji

Satomi Oka

Kyoko Aoyama

Yumiko Hasegawa

Isao Yamagata

Eitarō Ozawa

Jun Usami

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Kiiton Masuda

Shunji Sakai

Koinosuke Onoe

Akira Tatematsu

Shin Tokudaiji

Kazutarō Kuni

Ikuo Oka

Ryuichi Nagashima

Kusuo Abe

Kenji Kusumoto

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