Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 29, 1959

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shintoho Company

Cast

Kōtarō Sugie,Gen Funabashi,Noriko Kitazawa,Jushiro Kobayashi,Tadao Takashima,Jūzaburō Akechi,Kanjūrō Arashi,Ichiro Namiki,Hikosaburo Kataoka,Ureo Egawaand 14 more

Director

Nobuo Nakagawa

Writer

Jiro Fujishima,Rokuhei Susukita,Yoshihiro Ishikawa

Producer

Mitsugi Okura

Cinematography

Tadashi Nishimoto

Music

Rokurō Hara

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt5146510