Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

1960 1h 21m JA

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Synopsis

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Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can save the shogunate from the dastardly plot to take over the country.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Saotome Mondonosuke
Kinya Kitaoji
Hiromi Hanazono
Satomi Oka
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Isao Yamagata
Koji Arima
Tokumaro Dan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasushi Sasaki
Writers: Shinji Kessoku
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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66 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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Utaemon Ichikawa and Kinya Kitaoji and Hiromi Hanazono carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10882896 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yasushi Sasaki directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
266 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Utaemon Ichikawa and Kinya Kitaoji and Hiromi Hanazono carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt10882896 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.