History of Jirocho Shimizu

Mar 3, 1995

1h 34m

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Overview

A historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's family, his confrontation with Katsuzo Kurokoma's family, right up to the final battle on the Tenryu River to avenge Ishimatsu Mori.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

History of Jirocho Shimizu Trailers

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Cast

Jirocho Shimizu

Ken Matsudaira

Yoichi Hayashi

Koji Yakusho

Ishimatsu Mori

Kazumi Morohoshi

Shōhei Hino

Boss Katsuzo Kurokoma

Renji Ishibashi

Mayumi Wakamura

Akira Terao

Minoru Tanaka

Hiroyuki Okita

Tetsu Watanabe

Tokuma Nishioka

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