Sakura Official (1962)

7.0/10 91 min History War

Overview

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka

Yoshie Mizutani

Kikuko Hojo

Yumiko Mihara

Eijirō Yanagi

Yūnosuke Itō

Isao Yamagata

Ushio Akashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Hiroshi Kato

Yoshio Yoshida

Ryūko Azuma

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