In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and continuing on into the night. As the government Elders consider evidence that these fires were arson, a fire breaks out in Hirakawa-cho, outside of Hanzo Gate. Nishonmaru catches on fire and burns down completely. When this rash of fires even strikes Kyoto, the task of finding who’s behind the arson, and stopping them falls to the Shogun’s uncle, the Elder Lord of Mito. Together with his trusted bodyguards, Kaku and Suke, the trio set of to save Japan from this scourge of evil. Featuring virtually all of their most famous stars, this is the best film in the Toei series about Mito Komon, one of Japan’s most popular historical figures who traveled through the country incognito to check on the people and fight injustice.
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Katsuo Nakamura
Chiezō Kataoka
Utaemon Ichikawa
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Hashizo Okawa
Ryutaro Otomo
Satomi Oka
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Keiko Okawa
Sentarō Fushimi
Yataro Kurokawa
Minoru Chiaki
Isao Yamagata
Kenji Susukida
Masao Mishima
Bokuzen Hidari
Jotaro Togami
Kensaku Hara
Yoshio Yoshida
Atsushi Watanabe
Akira Kishii
Shintaro Takashima
Ikkō Ōkuni
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Yuji Kamishiro
Ryōei Itō
Shinnosuke Ogata
Kenji Kusumoto
Katsuya Ishimaru
Eiko Machida
Hideo Shimada
Ryōji Kōzuki
Shintaro Nasu
Kunio Hikita
Eiji Minakata
Masuo Kamiki
Matsunojō Sasaki
Toyoko Yoshino
Kentaro Ozato
Michimaro Otabe
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Hiroshi Mizuno
Ushio Akashi
Kan Yanagiya
Ryōsuke Kagawa