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Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger (1959)

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.

  • Action
  • History

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Kanjūrō ArashiKanjūrō Arashi
  • Photo of Ryūzaburō NakamuraRyūzaburō Nakamura
  • Photo of Kinuko ObataKinuko Obata
  • Photo of Jūzaburō AkechiJūzaburō Akechi
  • Photo of Ureo EgawaUreo Egawa
  • Photo of Hikosaburo KataokaHikosaburo Kataoka
  • Photo of Noriko KitazawaNoriko Kitazawa
  • Photo of Junko IkeuchiJunko Ikeuchi
  • Photo of Takamaru SasakiTakamaru Sasaki
  • Photo of Toshio HosokawaToshio Hosokawa

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