is a 1963 Japanese

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directed by

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. The film stars Mifune,

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Premise

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who battled in the

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is kidnapped by two brothers in search of the gold he buried on an island in the Philippines during the war.

Cast

as Takeichi Matsuo *

as Keigo Gunji *

as Tsukuda *

as Igarashi *

as Yasumoto *

as Mitsuru Gunji *

as Yamazaki *

as Igorot native *

as Masako Matsuo * Tetsu Nakamura as an oriental man * Keiko Yamada as Baker's spouse * Michiko Hayashi as a female clerk

References

External links

* * 1963 films 1960s Japanese films 1963 action films 1960s action drama films 1960s action war films 1960s Japanese-language films Japanese epic films Japanese war films Films set in the Philippines War epic films Toho tokusatsu films Toho films Films about veterans {{1960s-Japan-film-stub