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Kojiki Taish
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Wikipedia article
is jidaigeki novel written by Jir Osaragi in 1945. The novel deals with the warlord Got Matabei's life during the Warring States period. The novel was adapted into film in 1952 and 1964.
Plot
Got Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and leaves the clan. Seven years later, he joins Toyotomi Hideyori's army.
Adaptations
Kojiki Taish 1952
A Daiei production in 1952, Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
* Utaemon Ichikawa as Got Matabei
* Rynosuke Tsukigata as Kuroda Nagamasa
* Yoshiko Nakamura as Maihime
* Masahiko Sawamura as Hanawaka
* Hideo Fujino as Tokugawa Ieyasu
* Rysuke Kagawa as Fukushima Tamba
* Mitsusabur Ramon as Utsunomiya Shigefusa
Kojiki Taish 1964
A Daiei production in 1964, Directed by Tokuz Tanaka and Music by Akira Ifukube.
* Shintar Katsu as Got Matabei
* Tomisabur Wakayama as Utsunomiya Shigefusa
* Jun Fujimaki as Kuroda Nagamasa
* Yukiko Fuji as Tsuruhime
* Nakajiro Tomita as Fukushima Masanori
* Shosaku Sugiyama as Honda Masanobu
* Ryuzo Shimada as Ikeda Terumasa
* Masakazu Tamura as Hanawaka
* Rysuke Kagawa as Fukushima Tamba
* Masao Shimizu as Tokugawa Ieyasu
References
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