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Cut the Shadow

1963-03-01 · 82 min · ★ 8.0

Action · Comedy

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consummated....

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Directors
Kazuo Ikehiro
Production companies
Daiei Film
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Raizō IchikawaRaizō Ichikawa
Michiko SagaMichiko Saga
Mikiko TsubouchiMikiko Tsubouchi
Jun'ichirō NaritaJun'ichirō Narita
Kinshiro Matsumoto
Katsuhiko KobayashiKatsuhiko Kobayashi
Chitose MakiChitose Maki
Akiko Inoue
Chizuko Takamori
Otome TsukimiyaOtome Tsukimiya
Ikuko MōriIkuko Mōri
Kamatari FujiwaraKamatari Fujiwara
Shirō ŌtsujiShirō Ōtsuji
Toshio Chiba
Shinobu Araki
Yoshito Yamaji
Yoshio InabaYoshio Inaba

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