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Evil Man of Edo

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Original title

Edo no akutaro

Year

1959

Running time

91 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Masahiro Makino

Screenwriter

Michihei Muramatsu, Yoshitake Hisa

Cast

Music

Seiichi Suzuki

Cinematography

Takeo Ito

Producer

Toei

Genre

Comedy. Action | Feudal Japan. Samurai

Synopsis

Sanshiro is an affable ronin turned schoolteacher in a poor section of Edo. He takes in a boy called Sankichi as his servant and assistance, not realizing that Sankichi is actually a girl named Namino who fled her wealthy family to escape an arranged wedding. As Sankichi, she gradually comes to know Sanshiro and his colorful collection of neighbors, who live in good harmony despite their struggles. But the crooked fortune teller Doman and his wealthy patron Akiyama are conning the people of Edo out of huge sums of money with their alleged supernatural services, and they plot to drive out Sanshiro's neighbors in order to build Doman a temple.

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Evil Man of Edo

1959

Masahiro Makino