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The Fort of Death
The Fort of Death

The Fort of Death

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The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

13 December 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Ichibei Shikoro

Tomoko Mayama

Tomoko Mayama

Kagero

Sanae Tsuchida

Sanae Tsuchida

Miyuki

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Kunai Aoto

Teruo Ishiyama

Teruo Ishiyama

Shinpachi

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

Hiyato Onizuka

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Kin'ya Suzuki

Kin'ya Suzuki

Junko Toda

Junko Toda

Omon

Yasuko Matsui

Yasuko Matsui

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Yuriko Iwamura

Yuriko Iwamura

Kinjirô Tooyama

Kinjirô Tooyama

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Taizen Shishido

Taizen Shishido

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Sen Okaji

Sen Okaji

Teruo Fujinaga

Teruo Fujinaga

Hideo Fujimoto

Hideo Fujimoto

Shinji Oda

Shinji Oda

Fumio Terauchi

Fumio Terauchi

Takatoshi Misawa

Takatoshi Misawa

Masataka Sako

Masataka Sako

Tadahiro Sako

Tadahiro Sako

Yuka Saegusa

Yuka Saegusa

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Shirakawa

Gentarō Mori

Gentarō Mori

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Lord Ozeki

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Mondo Shibaike

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Tazaemon

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Mochizuki Yataro

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