Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon
| Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon | |
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 Japanese theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kimiyoshi Yasuda |
| Screenplay by | Tetsuro Yoshida |
| Starring | Shoji Umewaka Tamao Nakamura Yatarō Kurokawa Eigoro Onoe Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka |
| Cinematography | Aisaka Sōichi |
| Edited by | Shigeo Nishida |
| Music by | Urato Watanabe |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Daiei |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (Japanese: 赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人, Hepburn: Akadō Suzunosuke: Ippon ashi no majin)[a] is a 1957 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy drama film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, and written by Tetsuro Yoshida.[2] Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the sixth in the Suzunosuke Akado film series, after Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka, which was released in the same year on August 25. Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon stars Shoji Umewaka, Tamao Nakamura, Yatarō Kurokawa, Eigoro Onoe, and Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka.[3] The film was followed by Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes the following year.
Plot
[edit]Suzunosuke Akado (Shoji Umewaka) faces off against a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged pirate.
Cast
[edit]- Shoji Umewaka as Akado Suzunosuke
- Tamao Nakamura as Shinobu
- Yatarō Kurokawa as Shusaku Chiba
- Keiko Fujita as Amerika
- Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka as Takebayashibo
- Yuji Hamada as Daikichi
- Narutoshi Hayashi
- Eigoro Onoe
- Michio Yuri
Release
[edit]Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon was released in Japan on December 28, 1957.[2]
The film was released on DVD by Victor Film on December 20, 2002.[4]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ a b "赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "Akadô Suzunosuke: Ippon ashi no majin (1957) - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "Akado Suzunosuke DVD-BOX". rakuten.co.jp.
External links
[edit]- Akadô Suzunosuke: Ippon ashi no majin at IMDb
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil at Letterboxd
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