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Edo Purebreed

Action-packed saga of friendship between two rival Edo-era firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi, set in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, a vassal of Shinagawa Daihachi, the Kaga Clan's accounting officer, demands that Omon serve tea at his mansion and she refuses, the clan's samurai abduct her, triggering a sequence of events that thrusts the two firefighters into a perilous world of danger and excitement. Jirokichi, leader of Edo's firefighting squad Ha-gumi, must first rescue Omon from the Kaga Clan's retainers.

Director(s)

Masahiro Makino

Cast & Crew

Yataro Kurokawa

Yataro Kurokawa

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Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

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Shunji Sakai

Shunji Sakai

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Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

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Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

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Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

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Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

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Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

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Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

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Masahiro Makino

Masahiro Makino

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Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

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Hashizo Ōkawa

Hashizo Ōkawa

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Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

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Shinobu Chihara

Shinobu Chihara

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Details

GenresAction, Drama
Runtime1h 25 mins
Released on07 Feb 1961
Languageja
Produced InJapan