The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (八百万石に挑む男) 62 years old

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?

Credits

Chôjûrô Kawarasaki as Magistrate O'oka Echizen

Katsuo Nakamura as Ten'ichi-bo

So Yamamura as Councilor Matsudaira Izu

Utaemon Ichikawa as Yamanouchi Iganosuke

Hiroko Sakuramachi as Nui

Michitarô Mizushima as Akagawa Daizen

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku Cast

Name	Character
Chôjûrô Kawarasaki He was 58, 78 years old when he died	as Magistrate O'oka Echizen
Katsuo Nakamura He was 23, now 86 years old	as Ten'ichi-bo
So Yamamura He was 51, 90 years old when he died	as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Utaemon Ichikawa He was 54, 92 years old when he died	as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
Hiroko Sakuramachi She was 24, now 86 years old	as Nui
Michitarô Mizushima He was 49, 87 years old when he died	as Akagawa Daizen
Eijirô Yanagi He was 65, 88 years old when he died	as Abbot Tenchu
Noboru Nakaya He was 32, 77 years old when he died	as Fujii Sakyo

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku Crew

Name	Department
Shinobu Hashimoto as Screenplay. He was 43 (100) years old when He died	Writing
Michiaki Watanabe as Original Music Composer. He was 5 (now 57) years old	Sound
Minoru Miki as Director of Photography. He was 31 (81) years old when He died	Camera
Nobuo Nakagawa as Director. He was 56 (79) years old when He died	Directing

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku poster

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (62 years)

Release day: Wednesday, September 13, 1961
Runtime: 95 minutes