Broken Swords
May 30 1969
•2h 30m
•Drama, Action
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.
Cast
See allHiroki Matsukata
Tenzen Tange
Kōjirō Hongō
Yasubei Nakayama
Tomomi Iwai
Chiharu
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Ryuanoshin Nagao
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