Movie
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
10.0/10
1959
1h 25m
ja
Action
History
Overview
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.
Director
Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers
Jiro Fujishima, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Movie Information
Release Date
April 29, 1959
Runtime
1h 25m
Status
Released
Original Language
ja
Vote Count
1
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