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Broken Swords
Broken Swords

Broken Swords

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The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

30 May 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Tenzen Tange

Kōjirō Hongō

Kōjirō Hongō

Yasubei Nakayama

Tomomi Iwai

Tomomi Iwai

Chiharu

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Ryuanoshin Nagao

Yoshihiko Aoyama

Yoshihiko Aoyama

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Tatsuo Matsumura

Tatsuo Matsumura

Naomi Kobayashi

Naomi Kobayashi

Akane Kawasaki

Akane Kawasaki

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Jutarō Hojo

Jutarō Hojo

Toranosuke Tennoji

Toranosuke Tennoji

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yasuyo Matsumura

Yasuyo Matsumura

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Takeshi Date

Takeshi Date

Tatsuo Hanabu

Tatsuo Hanabu

Shinzō Hotta

Shinzō Hotta

Ichirō Yamamoto

Ichirō Yamamoto

Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Chikara Hashimoto

Chikara Hashimoto

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Seishiro Hara

Seishiro Hara

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Ikkei Tamaki

Ikkei Tamaki

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Shintarō Nanjō

Shintarō Nanjō

Junko Toyama

Junko Toyama

Yae Ozaki

Yae Ozaki

Kazuo Morita

Kazuo Morita

Yutaro Ban

Yutaro Ban

Kojiro Oka

Kojiro Oka

Gen Kuroki

Gen Kuroki

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Masako Tomura

Masako Tomura

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