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The Acrobats of Death

The Acrobats of Death

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Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

09 January 1959

Country

Japan

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Saotome Mondonosuke

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Akiko Santo

Akiko Santo

Yoshiko Sakuma

Yoshiko Sakuma

Mitsuko Miura

Mitsuko Miura

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Shunji Sakai

Shunji Sakai

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

George Luiker

George Luiker

Toyoko Takechi

Toyoko Takechi

Toppa Utsumi

Toppa Utsumi

Tony Tani

Tony Tani

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Kunitaro Sawamura

Kunitaro Sawamura

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Kazutarō Kuni

Kazutarō Kuni

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Noboru Umezawa

Noboru Umezawa

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