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Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival(1951)
Status: Released
Date: 1951-10-12
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Time: 1h 31m
Overview:
The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
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Movie: Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
Top 10 Billed Cast
嵐寛寿郎
入江たか子
美空ひばり
高田浩吉
岸恵子
黒川弥太郎
海江田譲二
山路義人
四代目 中村雀右衛門
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