Shadow Over Fuji
富士に立つ影
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon's finest performances, a true classic!
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Hiroko Sakuramachi
Momonosuke Ichikawa
Kōtarō Satomi
as Bunroku
Koji Arima
Isao Yamagata
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Satomi Oka
Kusuo Abe
Atsushi Watanabe
Kyoji Sugi
Eiko Maruyama
Kinya Kitaoji
Michimaro Otabe
Kunio Kaga
Kodayu Ichikawa
Eitarō Shindō
as Hakuten,
Shunji Sakai
Utaemon Ichikawa
as Sato
Yumiko Hasegawa
