Tsukigata Hanpeita
movie

Released October 16, 1956
Overview
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...
Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa
as
Tsukigata Hanpeita

Raizō Ichikawa
as
Tatsuma Hayase

Fujiko Yamamoto
as
Umematsu

Shintarō Katsu
as
Shusaku Utsugi

Machiko Kyō
as
Hagino

Ayako Wakao
as
Yuri Mamiya

Kenji Sugawara
as
Katsumata

Michiyo Kogure
as
Somehachi

Tamao Nakamura
as
Utagiku

So Yamamura
as
Katsura Kogoro

Isao Yamagata
as
Fujioka

Denjirō Ōkōchi
as
Gensai Mamiya
Crew

Teinosuke Kinugasa
as
Director

Teinosuke Kinugasa
as
Screenplay
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Kōhei Sugiyama
as
Cinematography
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Shozaburo Asai
as
Producer

Yoshinobu Nishioka
as
Art Direction

Masaichi Nagata
as
Executive Producer
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Ken'ichi Okamoto
as
Lighting Camera
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Minoru Inuzuka
as
Writer
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Ichirō Saitō
as
Original Music Composer