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When winds of change sweep Japan, overthrowing three centuries of Shogunate Rule, Gonzo, a peasant, enlists in the Imperial Restoration Force, which promises to abolish the oppressive practices of the past. When the advance guard approaches his old hometown, he convinces his commander to let him ride ahead and prepare the locals for the advent of the New World Order.
When he triumphantly rides into town wearing the Red Lion Mane of Office he borrowed from his commander, he expects a warm welcome, but gets far more than he bargained for. His friends think he's going to save them, the incompetent local officials think he's after their heads, a secret band of Shogunate fanatics want him dead, and he can't even read his own proclamations!
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
岩下志麻
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
Red Lion (1969)
乙羽信子
Japan
Best movies:
Immortal Love (1961)
The Naked Island (1960)
Onibaba (1964)
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Japan
Best movies:
Onibaba (1964)
Ošin (2013)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Yūko Mochizuki
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1958)
The End of Summer (1961)
Red Lion (1969)
Takahiro Tamura
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1964)
Last Samurai (1974)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
寺田農
Japan
Best movies:
Human Bullet, The (1968)
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
左卜全
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Red Beard (1965)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Jun Hamamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
High and Low (1963)
Etsushi Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Human Bullet, The (1968)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
Nakajirō Tomita
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Harakiri (1962)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)