Movie: Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

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Utaemon Ichikawa
市川右太衛門

Yuriko Tashiro
田代百合子

Entatsu Yokoyama
横山エンタツ

Shintarō Kido
木戸新太郎

Lucky Kashima
Lucky Kashima

Kazunari Motomatsu
Kazunari Motomatsu

Chizuru Kitagawa
喜多川千鶴

Kazuo Tokita
時田一男

Harue Akagi
赤木春恵

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    Bored Hatamoto film #21

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    1957-01-15

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