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Secret of Naruto

69 %|Sep 29, 1957|Drama, Action

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.

Featured Crew

Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Screenplay
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
Eiji Yoshikawa
Original Story
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Kōhei Sugiyama
Director of Photography
Kenichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction