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The Swordsman and the Actress

The Swordsman and the Actress

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 9, 1955

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

大江戸千両囃子

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Yasushi Sasaki

Description

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose possession, for convoluted reasons, will determine the clan's leadership. Sword-slinging bad guys descend to capture the fan, and Koharu embarks on a road trip to Edo to return the MacGuffin to the rightful hands of Lady Okyo.