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Eight Men to Kill (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1972 · 88 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Shigehiro Ozawa
- Starring
- Taketoshi Naitô, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takashi Ebata, Maki Kawamura
Shikoro Ichibei returns for his third adventure, this time tasked by the Tokugawa bakufu to recover a theft. Nearly a half‑ton of gold has vanished from the shogunate’s old official mine, a loss that could bankrupt the government. With the loot still missing, officials summon the skilled secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei, to track down the stolen gold.
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