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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: June 21, 2014

Runtime: 119 minutes

Genres: History, Comedy

Rating: ⭐ 6.8/10 (16 votes)

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      Kuranosuke Sasaki

      Masaatsu Naitou

    • Kyoko Fukada

      Kyoko Fukada

      Osaki

    • Tsuyoshi Ihara

      Tsuyoshi Ihara

      Danzo Kumogakure

    • Masahiko Nishimura

      Masahiko Nishimura

      Advisor Kenji

    • Takanori Jinnai

      Takanori Jinnai

      Nobutoki Matsudaira / Genhachiro Araki

    • Yasufumi Terawaki

      Yasufumi Terawaki

      Seiemon Imamura

    • Yusuke Kamiji

      Yusuke Kamiji

      Heigo Akiyama

    • Tokio Emoto

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      Hirotada Masuda

    • Ennosuke Ichikawa

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      Yoshimune Tokugawa

    • Renji Ishibashi

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      Terusada Matsudaira