The Fort of Death
1969 · 97 min · ★ 6.5 · Action
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
Directed by Eiichi Kudō · Written by Kōji Takada
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Tomisaburō Wakayama Ichibei Shikoro -
Tomoko Mayama Kagero -
Sanae Tsuchida Miyuki -
Bin Amatsu -
Kenji Ushio Kunai Aoto - T Teruo Ishiyama Shinpachi
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Shin Tokudaiji -
Eizō Kitamura Hiyato Onizuka -
Kōji Sekiyama -
Shōtarō Hayashi -
Kenji Kusumoto - K Kinya Suzuki
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