Summary
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
Details
Release Date: December 16, 1972
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Action
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10 (3 votes)
Shikoro Ichibei the Bounty Hunter
Killer's Mission
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...
The Fort of Death
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
Eight Men to Kill
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
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Cast
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shikoro Ichibei
Minoru Ōki
Kanoke Tatsu
Shigeru Amachi
Azami Yajuro
Maki Kawamura
Omon
Tatsuo Endō
Hirutoku
Kenji Imai
Yashi Okami
Taketoshi Naitō
Noro Jinnai
Asao Uchida
Hotta Bungo
Toshiaki Minami
Akira Shioji
Takashi Ebata
Hiroshi Tanaka
Jūkei Fujioka
Ryūtarō Gomi
Kōji Sekiyama
Riki Harada
Kyōichi Satō
Yasumori Hikita
Taizen Shishido
Yutaka Nakamura
Takuzō Kawatani
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