''Shori-sha'' is a 1957 color
Japanese film
The , also known domestically as , has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2022, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced, producing 634 fi ...
directed by
Umetsugu Inoue
was a Japanese film director and scriptwriter. He directed 115 movies, wrote 101 screenplays, and is credited with the original story for five films. In addition, he worked with all six major Japanese film production companies.
His film work ex ...
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Cast
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Tatsuya Mihashi
was a Japanese actor best known internationally for his role as Commander Minoru Genda in the 1970 Japanese-American war epic ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''. In addition, Mihashi was known for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's ''The Bad Sleep Well'', '' The H ...
as Yamashiro Kikichi
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Yujiro Ishihara as Buma Shuntarō
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Yoko Minamida
Yoko may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Yoko (name), a Japanese feminine given name; variants include Yōko and Yohko, including a list of people and Japanese fictional characters (for non-Japanese characters, see the Arts and ente ...
as Miyagawa Natsuko
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Mie Kitahara as Shiraki Mari
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Jo Shishido
was a Japanese actor recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film ''Branded to Kill'' (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickna ...
as Ishiyama
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Taiji Tonoyama
was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company ...
*Tour Abe
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Akira Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is .
Biography
Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut with "Ueru Tamashii" directed by Yuzo Kawashima in 1956. He s ...
References
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1957 films
Films directed by Umetsugu Inoue
Nikkatsu films
1950s Japanese films
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