Sakura Official (1962)
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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