Ushio Akashi — Actor (16)
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The Scarlet Cherry Lord (1958) IMDb TMDB
緋ざくら大名
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Keiko Okawa …
other title: 緋ざくら大名
Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fall in love with. It turns out that she is just his prospective bride.
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Sakura Official (1962) IMDb TMDB
さくら判官　
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Yoshie Mizutani …
other title: さくら判官　
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.
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Castle of Flames (1960) IMDb TMDB
炎の城
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Denjirō Ōkōchi …
other title: 炎の城
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing turmoil in the kingdom. Not knowing who to trust, Masato feigns madness, vowing to get to the truth, even though his act causes distress to the girl he loves, who's waited for him all these years. The ghost of his father turns up now and then to show him the way. Meanwhile a peasant revolt is brewing... It all ends tragically.
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Cantankerous Edo (1957) IMDb TMDB
大江戸喧嘩纏
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Hibari Misora / Hashizo Ōkawa …
other title: 大江戸喧嘩纏
It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along with the great Otomo Rytaro as Tatsugoro the fire chief, they keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.