Secret of Naruto (鳴門秘帖) 67 years old

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.

Credits

Tatsuya Ishiguro as

Kazuo Hasegawa as

Raizō Ichikawa as

Osamu Takizawa as

Ryosuke Kagawa as

Fujiko Yamamoto as

Secret of Naruto Cast

Name	Character
Tatsuya Ishiguro He was 46, 54 years old when he died
Kazuo Hasegawa He was 49, 76 years old when he died
Raizō Ichikawa He was 26, 37 years old when he died
Osamu Takizawa He was 50, 93 years old when he died
Ryosuke Kagawa He was 60, 90 years old when he died
Fujiko Yamamoto She was 25, now 93 years old
Chikage Awashima She was 33, 87 years old when she died
Toshio Chiba He was 31, now 98 years old

Secret of Naruto Crew

Name	Department
Teinosuke Kinugasa as Director. He was 61 (86) years old when He died	Directing

Secret of Naruto (67 years)

Release day: Sunday, September 29, 1957
Runtime: 101 minutes