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The Shadow Avenger

100 %|Apr 29, 1959|Action, History

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.

Featured Crew

Mitsugi Okura
Executive Producer
Nobuo Nakagawa
Director
Rokuhei Susukita
Original Story
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Screenplay
Jiro Fujishima
Screenplay
Tadashi Nishimoto
Director of Photography
Shigeo Orimo
Lighting Technician
Haruo Numata
Sound Recordist