The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

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1952•59 min•DramaHistoryThrillerAdventure

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Top Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Benkei

Susumu Fujita

Togashi

Kenichi Enomoto

Porter

Masayuki Mori

Kamei

Takashi Shimura

Kataoka

A

Akitake Kōno

Ise

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A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

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