Dora-heita (2000)

★ 5.2/10 111 min Comedy Japan Japanese

Director: Kon Ichikawa

Screenplay by: Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Kon Ichikawa, Masaki Kobayashi
Novel: Shūgorō Yamamoto

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Description

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.

Top Cast

Koji Yakusho Koheita Mochizuki

Yuko Asano Yuko Kosei

Bunta Sugawara Nadahachi on the Great River

Ryudo Uzaki Yoshijuro Senba

Tsurutaro Kataoka Yasukawa Hanzo

Saburo Ishikura Tomoe no Taiju

Renji Ishibashi Saibei of Tsugimachi

Tsuyoshi Ujiki Katsunosuke Nakai

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