Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

1959 1h 31m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Saotome Mondonosuke
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Kinya Kitaoji
Satomi Oka
Kyoko Aoyama
Yumiko Hasegawa
Isao Yamagata
Eitarō Ozawa

Credits

Behind the camera

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

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ERA

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67 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 Ko Matsui. 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 Tadashi Manjome. 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 Chiyonosuke Azuma and Kinya Kitaoji carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10979536 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yasushi Sasaki directs. Ko Matsui behind the camera. Tadashi Manjome scores. Shintarō Miyamoto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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167 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 Ko Matsui. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tadashi Manjome. 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 Chiyonosuke Azuma and Kinya Kitaoji carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt10979536 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.