Film

Lord Mito

1978 · 1h 38m · Adventure · Drama

IMDb

6.6

One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!

Eijirō Tōno

Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Kōtarō Satomi

Sasaki Sukesaburo

Shin'ya Ohwada

Atsumi Kakunoshin

Ichirō Nakatani

Kazaguruma no Yashichi

Gentaro Takahashi

Utsukari Hachibei

Toshirō Mifune

Sakuzaemon Okumura

Tōru Abe

Mondo Murai

Muga Takewaki

Ishikawa Hayato

Hajime Hana

Nise Komon

Komaki Kurihara

Yumi

Tatsuo Endō

Hatao Kurobe

Yoshi Katō

Taibei

Kōji Wada

Genpachiro Tsurugi

• Tetsuya YamanouchiDirector
• Shoko HamuraScreenplay
• Go ToshinProducer
• Tan TakaiwaProducer
• Shun'ichi NishimuraProducer
• Seiichi MorimotoProducer
• Naoyuki SugimotoProducer
• Toshio MasudaDirector of Photography
• Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
• Katsumi KawaiEditor

Mito Komon 1978 opening

Release date

December 23, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Adventure, Drama