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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Kōtarō Satomi
as Bunroku
Kodayu Ichikawa
Utaemon Ichikawa
as Sato
Eitarō Shindō
as Hakuten,
Kunio Kaga
Yumiko Hasegawa
Isao Yamagata
Satomi Oka
Shunji Sakai
Koji Arima
Eiko Maruyama
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Kinya Kitaoji
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Michimaro Otabe
Momonosuke Ichikawa
Kusuo Abe
Kyoji Sugi
Atsushi Watanabe
