The Shadow Avenger (1959)
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.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.079 |
Directed By
Nobuo Nakagawa
Crew
Mitsugi Okura
Nobuo Nakagawa
Keiji Miyazawa
Rokuhei Susukita
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Jiro Fujishima
Haruo Numata
Rokuro Hara
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Shin Nagata
Tadashi Nishimoto
Shigeo Orimo
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