The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945)
Tora no o o fumu otoko-tachi
59 min
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
- Release date
- April 24, 1952
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tadashi Hattori
Where to watch
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Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Benkei
- Susumu Fujita as Saemon Togashi
- Ken'ichi Enomoto as Porter
- Masayuki Mori as Kamei
- Takashi Shimura as Kataoka
- Akitake Kôno as Ise
- Yoshio Kosugi as Suruga
- Dekao Yokoo as Hidachibo
- Hanshirô Iwai as Yoshitsune
- Yasuo Hisamatsu as Kajiwara's Messenger
- Sōji Kiyokawa as Togashi's Messenger
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Nobumitsu Kanze · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Gohei Namiki · Writer
- Motohiko Itō · Producer
- Tadashi Hattori · Composer
- Takeo Itô · Cinematographer
- Kazuo Kubo · Production designer