The Bored Samurai

The Bored Samurai

1983 · 91 min · Drama

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. Mikijiro Hira acts as such a hero in history. Mondonosuke is secretly ordered to look into the suspicious movement in Nagoya castle by the Ometsuke, and he found out about the misconduct and sole it. This is a period movie about the hero!

Directed by Kazuo Mori · Written by Kenrō Matsuura

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Mikijiro Hira Saotome Mondonosuke
Eitarō Ozawa Genshichiro Matsudaira
Mami Kumagai Ogin
Makoto Akatsuka Yaguruma Benji
Masao Imafuku Jinnai Sugimura
Taiji Tonoyama Father of Ogin
Yataro Kurokawa Odagiri Sadonokami
Chiyonosuke Azuma Tokugawa Tsunanari
Saburo Date Ikeda Kazue
Mitsuo Nagata Naizen
Chiaki Matsubara Kikuji
Shunya Wazaki

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