Gion matsuri (1968)

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168 min - Drama - 12 February 1969 (USA)

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	Kinnosuke Nakamura	...	Shinkichi
	Toshirô Mifune	...	Kumaza
	Shima Iwashita	...	Ayame
	Yûnosuke Itô	...	Akamatsu
	Takahiro Tamura	...	Sukematsu
	Takashi Shimura	...	Tsuneemon
	Eitarô Ozawa	...	Kadokura
	Kunie Tanaka	...	Gonji
	Tomo'o Nagai	...	Matashiro Kawahara
	Orie Satô	...	Otsuru
	Hisako Takihana	...	Ichi
	Kamatari Fujiwara	...	Genzô
	Masami Shimojô	...	Jumbei Yamashina (as Masami Shimojo)
	Ryôsuke Kagawa	...	Bunsuke
	Shinsuke Mikimoto

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Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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