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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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Cast

  • Kuranosuke Sasaki

    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

    Tokio Emoto

    Hirotada Masuda

  • Ennosuke Ichikawa

    Ennosuke Ichikawa

    Yoshimune Tokugawa

  • Renji Ishibashi

    Renji Ishibashi

    Terusada Matsudaira