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ese film directed by

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. The lead star is

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Plot

The film depicts the conflict between the prisoners forced to work as manpower of

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and the administrators of the Kabato district as well as the love and hate of the women who gathered there during the

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Cast

as Takeshi Tsukigata *

Shima Iwashita is a Japanese actress who has appeared in about 100 films and many TV productions. She is married to film director Masahiro Shinoda, in whose films she has frequently appeared. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for h ...

as Yu Nakamura *

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as Suma *

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as Kakumu * Kōichi Satō as Yakichi *

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as Denji Masaki *

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as Kumagai *

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as Unno *Reiko Nakamura as Hamagiku *Junko Takazawa *Shunsuke Kariya as Tsuyoshi * Arase Nagahide as Yoshida Susumu *Naruse Tadashi as Nakajima Senkichi *Hatsuo Yamane as Marutoku *

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as Ryuzo * Seizo Fukumoto * Arase Nagahide as Susumu Yoshida *Toru Masuoka as Kanda *Ai Saotome as Setsu Furuya *

Yoshio Inaba was a Japanese actor best known for his role as Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's '' Seven Samurai''. In addition to his career in film, Inaba was also a prolific theater actor and a member of the prestigious Haiyuza Theatre Company. He died of a heart ...

as Besho Ken *

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as Yuhara Tadayoshi * Tetsuro Tamba as Ishikura *

Mikio Narita was a Japanese actor. He was most famous for playing villains. He often worked with Kinji Fukasaku. Narita graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company acting school and joined Daiei Film. His career as a screen actor started in 1963. His film debut ...

as Kanbei kido *

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as Kōnoshin Oga

Production

Yoshinobu Nishioka was a Japanese jidaigeki production designer, art director, producer, and set decorater from Asuka, Nara Prefecture who won three Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction. Nishioka joined Daiei Kyoto film in 1948. ...

- Art direction

References

External links

* 1984 films Films directed by Hideo Gosha 1980s Japanese-language films Films about geisha 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub