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Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

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Bored Hatamoto film #21

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

79 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

15 January 1957

Country

Japan

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Yuriko Tashiro

Yuriko Tashiro

Entatsu Yokoyama

Entatsu Yokoyama

Shintarō Kido

Shintarō Kido

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

Lucky Kashima

Lucky Kashima

Kazunari Motomatsu

Kazunari Motomatsu

Chizuru Kitagawa

Chizuru Kitagawa

Kazuo Tokita

Kazuo Tokita

Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Satomi Oka

Satomi Oka

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Kajō Onoe

Kajō Onoe

Eriko Yoshida

Eriko Yoshida

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Yuji Kamishiro

Yuji Kamishiro

Kenji Susukida

Kenji Susukida

Ryōei Itō

Ryōei Itō

Hibari Misora

Hibari Misora

Ikkō Ōkuni

Ikkō Ōkuni

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Tokumaro Dan

Tokumaro Dan

Momonosuke Ichikawa

Momonosuke Ichikawa

Hiroshi Mizuno

Hiroshi Mizuno

Chinami Katsuura

Chinami Katsuura

Kinuko Ōtori

Kinuko Ōtori

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

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