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Cut the Shadow

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The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consummated....

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1963-03-01

Runtime: 82 mins

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Action, Comedy

Original title: Cut the Shadow

Production Companies: Daiei Film

Production Countries: Japan

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