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The Bored Samurai

Feb 25, 1983 · 1h 31m
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Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. Mikijiro Hira acts as such a hero in history. Mondonosuke is secretly ordered to look into the suspicious movement in Nagoya castle by the Ometsuke, and he found out about the misconduct and sole it. This is a period movie about the hero!

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CAST

Mikijiro Hira
Saotome Mondonosuke
Eitarō Ozawa
Genshichiro Matsudaira
Mami Kumagai
Ogin
Makoto Akatsuka
Yaguruma Benji
Masao Imafuku
Jinnai Sugimura
Taiji Tonoyama
Father of Ogin
Yataro Kurokawa
Odagiri Sadonokami
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Tokugawa Tsunanari
Directed by Kazuo Mori

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Fuji Television Network
Country
JP

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