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Samurai Secret Agent

Samurai Secret Agent

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A master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory being used by two samurai clans that try to usurp power and gain the position of shogun for one of their own.

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Budget

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

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Release Date

01 December 1983

Country

Japan

Cast

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Bunjaku Han

Bunjaku Han

Shota Morikawa

Shota Morikawa

Yutaka Nakajima

Yutaka Nakajima

Fujita Okamoto

Fujita Okamoto

Hideo Takamatsu

Hideo Takamatsu

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