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Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

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Bored Hatamoto movie #15

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Budget

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

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Release Date

03 January 1954

Country

Japan

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Hizuru Takachiho

Hizuru Takachiho

Chikako Miyagi

Chikako Miyagi

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

Entatsu Yokoyama

Entatsu Yokoyama

Kenji Susukida

Kenji Susukida

Tsukie Matsuura

Tsukie Matsuura

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisano Yamaoka

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Kiiton Masuda

Kiiton Masuda

Saburō Bōya

Saburō Bōya

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Tokumaro Dan

Tokumaro Dan

Kiyoshi Nonomura

Kiyoshi Nonomura

Yuji Kamishiro

Yuji Kamishiro

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