The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?

• Nobuo NakagawaDirector
• Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
• Chumei WatanabeOriginal Music Composer

• Utaemon IchikawaYamanouchi Iganosuke
• So YamamuraCouncilor Matsudaira Izu
• Hiroko SakuramachiNui
• Chōichirō KawarasakiGyutaku
• Michitarō MizushimaAkagawa Daizen
• Noboru NakayaFujii Sakyo
• Eijirō YanagiAbbot Tenchu
• Katsuo NakamuraTen'ichi-bo
• Chōjūrō KawarasakiMagistrate O'oka Echizen
• Shin TokudaijiYoshimune
• Ushio AkashiUshio Koetsu
• Koji ArimaSangoro Yoshida