Samurai Hustle
During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
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During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
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Genre:History, Comedy
Written By:Akihiro Dobashi
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Runtime:119 minutes
Studio:TV Tokyo, Shochiku, Hakuhodo, K-Factory, Shochiku Broadcasting, Kodansha, King Records, Fukushima Minpō
Cast
Katsuhide Motoki
Director
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Masaatsu Naitou
Kyoko Fukada
Osaki
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Danzo Kumogakure
Masahiko Nishimura
Advisor Kenji
Takanori Jinnai
Nobutoki Matsudaira / Genhachiro Araki
Yasufumi Terawaki
Seiemon Imamura
Yusuke Kamiji
Heigo Akiyama
Tokio Emoto
Hirotada Masuda
Ennosuke Ichikawa
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Renji Ishibashi
Terusada Matsudaira
Yu Hayashi
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