Comedy · Japan · 2000 · 1h 51m

Dora-heita

どら平太

Director

Cast

Koji Yakusho as Koheita Mochizuki Yuko Asano as Yuko Kosei Bunta Sugawara as Nadahachi on the Great River Ryudo Uzaki as Yoshijuro Senba Tsurutaro Kataoka as Yasukawa Hanzo Saburo Ishikura as Tomoe no Taiju

Crew

Keisuke Kinoshita — Screenplay Kon Ichikawa — Screenplay Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay Masaki Kobayashi — Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto — Novel

Synopsis

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Kon Ichikawa Director Keisuke Kinoshita Screenplay Kon Ichikawa Screenplay Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel

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