is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by
Hiroshi Inagaki
was a Japanese filmmaker best remembered for the Academy Award-winning '' Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'', which was released in 1954.
Career
Born in Tokyo as the son of a shinpa actor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining t ...
. Other English titles include: ''Yagyu Bugeicho – Ninjitsu part 1'', ''Secret Scrolls'', ''Yagyu Secret Scrolls Part I''.
It was followed by a sequel in 1958, .
Cast
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Toshirō Mifune
was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration (1948–1965) with Akira Kurosawa in such works as ''Rashomon'', ''Seven Samurai'', ''The Hidden Fortress'', ''Throne of Blood'', and '' ...
as Tasaburo
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Kōji Tsuruta
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor and singer. He appeared in almost 260 feature films and had a unique style of singing. His daughter, Sayaka Tsuruta, is an actress.
Career
Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Tsuruta was raised in ...
as Senshiro
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Yoshiko Kuga
is a Japanese people, Japanese actress.
Biography and personal life
Kuga was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, , was a marquis and a member of the House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers.
In 1946, while still attending Gakushuin Junior High Sc ...
as Yuhime
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Mariko Okada
is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.
Biography
Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor ...
as Rika
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Denjiro Okochi as
Lord Yagyu
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Kyōko Kagawa
is a Japanese actress. During her 70 years spanning career, she has worked with directors like Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse, appearing in films such as ''Tokyo Story'', '' Sansho the Bailiff'', ''The Bad Sleep W ...
as Oki
* Senjaku Nakamura as Matajuro
* Hanshiro Iwai as
Iyemitsu
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Akihiko Hirata
(December 16, 1927 – July 25, 1984), born , was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's ''Samurai'' trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the ''kaiju'' genre, including such films as '' ...
as Tomonori
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Eijirō Tōno
was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as ''Seven Samu ...
as Fugetsusai
* Jotaro Togami as Jubei
* Akio Kobori
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Nobuko Otowa
* Shin Otomo
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Koshiro Matsumoto
References
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1957 films
1958 films
1950s action films
Japanese action films
Samurai films
Films set in Edo
Films directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
1950s Japanese films
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