The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961, Japanese. Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa.
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Nobuo NakagawaDirector
- Utaemon IchikawaYamanouchi Iganosuke
- So YamamuraCouncilor Matsudaira Izu
- Hiroko SakuramachiNui
- Chōichirō KawarasakiGyutaku
- Michitarō MizushimaAkagawa Daizen
- Noboru NakayaFujii Sakyo
- Eijirō YanagiAbbot Tenchu
- Katsuo NakamuraTen'ichi-bo
- Chōjūrō KawarasakiMagistrate O'oka Echizen
- Shin TokudaijiYoshimune
- Ushio AkashiUshio Koetsu
- Koji ArimaSangoro Yoshida
Details
- Released
- 13 September 1961
- Original title
- 八百万石に挑む男
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 September 1961. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku?
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961) was directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and stars Utaemon Ichikawa, So Yamamura, Hiroko Sakuramachi.