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Secret of Naruto

Japanese · 鳴門秘帖

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

1957

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.

Released
29 Sep 1957
Runtime
101 min
Also known as
A Fantastic Tale of Naruto, Naruto hichô
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Screenplay
Minoru Inuzuka, Teinosuke Kinugasa
Cinematography
Kōhei Sugiyama
Music
Ichirō Saitō
Editor
Shigeo Nishida
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