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Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

Genres

ActionDrama

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film directed by Tai Katô

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

70 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

30 November 1951

Country

Japan

Cast

Yayoko Ôhara

Yayoko Ôhara

Shinjirō Asano

Shinjirō Asano

Kiyoshi Nakano

Kiyoshi Nakano

Saburô Komiyama

Saburô Komiyama

Sanshiro Tsubaki

Sanshiro Tsubaki

Morie Ishida

Morie Ishida

Hajime Morita

Hajime Morita

Ryōnosuke Azuma

Ryōnosuke Azuma

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Omenosuke Ichikawa

Omenosuke Ichikawa

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Kikutaro Onoe

Kikutaro Onoe

Naoji Iwata

Naoji Iwata

Minpei Tomimoto

Minpei Tomimoto

Shinobu Araki

Shinobu Araki

Mitsugu Terashima

Mitsugu Terashima

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Akemi Kasuga

Akemi Kasuga

Ryūko Azuma

Ryūko Azuma

Kunitaro Sawamura

Kunitaro Sawamura

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Haruyo Ichikawa

Haruyo Ichikawa

Yuji Kawakita

Yuji Kawakita

Musei Tokugawa

Musei Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Kazue Hayashi

Kazue Hayashi

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