Whirlwind (1964 film)
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| Whirlwind | |
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Screenplay by | Hiroshi Inagaki Takeshi Kimura |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada |
| Edited by | Koichi Iwashita |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube Kan Ishii |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Whirlwind (Japanese: 士魂魔道 大竜巻, Hepburn: Shikonmado Daitatsumaki) is a 1964 Japanese historical drama film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.[1] The film is set during the seventeenth century and is about the aftermath of the Siege of Osaka.[2][3][4][5]
In the 17th century, after the fall of Osaka to the forces of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, several survivors of the Toyotomi clan try to deliver a young prince to safety. They are betrayed by other survivors who want to enrich themselves under the pretext of re-establishing their clan.[6]
Cast
- Ichikawa Somegorō VI as Jubei
- Yosuke Natsuki as Kyunosuke
- Yuriko Hoshi as Princess Kozato
- Toshiro Mifune as Lord Akashi
- Makoto Satō as the cook
- Akihiko Hirata Ryutaro Inoue
- Kumi Mizuno
- Mitsuko Kusabue
- Yoshiko Kuga
- Yoshio Inaba
- Ryosuke Kagawa
- Sachio Sakai
- Akira Kubo
