The Bored Samurai

旗本退屈男

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. Mikijiro Hira acts as such a hero in history. Mondonosuke is secretly ordered to look into the suspicious movement in Nagoya castle by the Ometsuke, and he found out about the misconduct and sole it. This is a period movie about the hero!

Director

Kazuo Mori

Screenplay

Kenrō Matsuura

Novela

Mitsuzō Sasaki

Status

Released

Release date

25/02/1983

Original language

Japanese