The Mansion of Intrigue

1957 1h 35m JA

ActionComedy

Synopsis

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A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Saotome Mondonosuke
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Sakon Shogen Matsudaira
Kinya Kitaoji
Kyoya Kirishima
Koinosuke Onoe
Tsunayoshi
Kogiku Hanayagi
Yarazu no Oryu
Satomi Oka
Otae
Keiko Okawa
Asaji Tachibana
Chinami Katsuura
Katsuragi-Dayu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasushi Sasaki
Writers: Hyōgo Suzuki, Mitsuzō Sasaki, Yasushi Sasaki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasushi Sasaki, shot by Takeo Itō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eiichi Yamada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Shintarō Miyamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Utaemon Ichikawa and Ryūnosuke Tsukigata and Kinya Kitaoji carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5111932 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yasushi Sasaki directs. Takeo Itō behind the camera. Eiichi Yamada scores. Shintarō Miyamoto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

169 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Yasushi Sasaki, shot by Takeo Itō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Eiichi Yamada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Shintarō Miyamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Utaemon Ichikawa and Ryūnosuke Tsukigata and Kinya Kitaoji carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt5111932 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.