Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger (1958)

1h 31m · 22 Oct 1958

Action Comedy

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Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong. Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.

Movie ID	119209
Genre	Action, Comedy
Director	Tadashi Sawashima
Main cast	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hitomi Nakahara, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Satomi Oka, Kensaku Hara, Shunji Sakai, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Isao Yamagata
Release date	22 October 1958
Release year	1958
Language	Japanese
Duration	91 min (1h 31m)
Rating	6.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Toei Company