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One-Eyed Wolf
One-Eyed Wolf

One-Eyed Wolf

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Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it leads to a potential conspiracy to kill the Shogun.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

03 March 1959

Country

Japan

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo

Ryutaro Otomo

Shunji Sakai

Shunji Sakai

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Koishi Kimi

Koishi Kimi

Keiko Yukishiro

Keiko Yukishiro

Hiromi Hanazono

Hiromi Hanazono

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Fumiyo Fujimoto

Fumiyo Fujimoto

Reiko Miyama

Reiko Miyama

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Hiroshi Mizuno

Hiroshi Mizuno

Eijirō Kataoka

Eijirō Kataoka

Kanji Koshiba

Kanji Koshiba

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Ryuichi Nagashima

Ryuichi Nagashima

Itoshi Yumeji

Itoshi Yumeji

Kokichi Nakamura

Kokichi Nakamura

Tokumaro Dan

Tokumaro Dan

Yoshiko Tsukibue

Yoshiko Tsukibue

Sonosuke Sawamura

Sonosuke Sawamura

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