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Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides (1950)

Bored Hatamoto film #10

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Utaemon IchikawaUtaemon Ichikawa
  • Photo of Chizuru KitagawaChizuru Kitagawa
  • Photo of Chikako MiyagiChikako Miyagi
  • Photo of Otome TsukimiyaOtome Tsukimiya
  • Photo of Kōkichi TakadaKōkichi Takada
  • Photo of Ryutaro OtomoRyutaro Otomo
  • Photo of Ryūnosuke TsukigataRyūnosuke Tsukigata
  • Photo of Katsura Harudanji IIKatsura Harudanji II

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