Japan, 1957
109m, 2910 metres
35mm film, Agfacolor, 1.37:1
mono, Japanese
A Japanese fantasy film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.
Plot Summary
In Tokugawa Era Japan, Lord Yagyu has hidden three scrolls containing all of his clan's secrets and if they are ever revealed, it could spell the end for Yagyu. When the scrolls are stolen by Princess Yuhime, the supernaturally gifted samurai Tasaburo and his brother Senshiro are sent to find her.
Credits
Crew
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Production Company: Toho Company Ltd
Executive in Charge of Production: Hiroshi Nezu
Producer: Tanaka Tomoyuki
Script: Hiroshi Inagaki, Takeshi Kimura
Novel: Yagyu bugeicho by Kosuke Gomi
Chief Assistant Director: Jun Fukuda
Director of Photography: Tadashi Iimura
Lighting: Ichirô Inohara
Stills: Matsuo Yoshizaki
Labs: Kinuta Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo Laboratory Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
Music: Akira Ifukube
Sound Recordist: Yoshio Nishikawa
Western Electric Recording
Production Designers: Takeo Kita, Hiroshi Ueda
Cast
Toshirô Mifune (Tasaburo)
Koji Tsuruta (Senshiro)
Yoshiko Kuga (Yuhime)
Mariko Okada (Rika)
Denjirô Ôkôchi (Lord Yagyu)
Kyôko Kagawa (Oki)
Senjaku Nakamura (Matajuro)
Hanshiro Iwai (Iyemitsu)
Jotaro Togami (Jubei)
Akihiko Hirata (Tomonori)
Eijirô Tono (Fugetsusai)
Nobuko Otowa
Akio Kobori
Koshiro Matsumoto
Shin Otomo
Ryu Kuze
Ryosuke Kagawa
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshifumi Tajima
Ren Yamamoto
Kunio Otsuka
Akira Tani
Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Inaba
Alternative Titles
Ninjitsu
Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part I
Links
Sequel
Yagyu bugeicho – Ninjitsu (1958)
