The Retired Samurai
Original title: 傑作時代劇 天下の御意見番罷り通る！彦左衛門外記
Overview
Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been belittled of late and has seemingly lost the will to live, much less the desire to assert himself and make Iemitsu listen to reason. The plot thickens when a lovely young woman enters the picture. Can she change Hikozaemon's mind, and thus alter the path of Japanese history? No longer a young man, can Hikozaemon gain the shogun's ear, and succeed in warning him of the evil plot to overthrow him?
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- Director
- Akinori Matsuo
- Writers
- Ichirō Miyagawa, Shūgorō Yamamoto
- Production
- TV Asahi, Toei Company
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Who directed The Retired Samurai?
The Retired Samurai was directed by Akinori Matsuo.
When was The Retired Samurai released?
The Retired Samurai was released in 1987.
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