Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
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- Runtime
- 94 mins
In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
Cast
- Ken Watanabe
- Kimiko Ikegami
- Chosuke Ikariya
- Tatsuo Nadaka
- Ittoku Kishibe
- Kyōko Enami
- Kaku Takashina
- Shigeru Kōyama
- Yoji Sawamukai
- Masaaki Daimon
- Shinobu Tsuruta
- Sanshō Shinsui
- Hiroshi Arikawa
- Nobuyuki Katsube
- Nodoka Kawai
- Gō Haraguchi
- Santaro Sakigake
- Michihiro Yamanishi
- Kimihiro Reizei
Director
- Eiichi Kudo
Producers
Screenwriter
- Seiko Shimura