| Legacy of the 500,000 | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 五十万人の遺産 | ||||
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| Directed by | Toshiro Mifune | ||||
| Written by | Ryūzō Kikushima | ||||
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| Starring | |||||
| Cinematography | Takao Saito | ||||
| Edited by | Shūichi Iohara Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)[citation needed] | ||||
| Music by | Masaru Sato | ||||
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| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 98 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Box office | ¥225 million[1] | ||||
The Legacy of the 500,000[2] (五十万人の遺産, Gojuman-nin no Isan) is a 1963 Japanese action film directed by Toshiro Mifune (in his sole directorial credit), with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Sachio Sakai, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yoshifumi Tajima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mie Hama and Yuriko Hoshi.[3]
Premise
A man who battled in the Philippines during World War II is kidnapped by two brothers in search of the gold he buried on an island in the Philippines during the war.
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Takeichi Matsuo[3]
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Keigo Gunji[3]
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tsukuda[3]
- Sachio Sakai as Igarashi[3]
- Yoshifumi Tajima as Yasumoto[3]
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Mitsuru Gunji[3]
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Yamazaki[3]
- Mie Hama as Igorot native[3]
- Yuriko Hoshi as Masako Matsuo[3]
- Tetsu Nakamura as an oriental man[3]
- Keiko Yamada as Baker's spouse[3]
- Michiko Hayashi as a female clerk[3]
References
- ^ キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924→2011 [Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85 Times Full History 1924→2011] (in Japanese). Kinema Junposha. 2012. p. 200. ISBN 978-4873767550.
- ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 201. ISBN 9781461673743.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "五十万人の遺産 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
External links
- 500,000 at IMDb
- Legacy of the 500,000 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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