Eight Men to Kill
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
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Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
6.7/10
3 votes
Rating consensus
67/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~67/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shikoro Ichibei
Minoru Ōki
Kanoke Tatsu
Shigeru Amachi
Azami Yajuro
Maki Kawamura
Omon
Tatsuo Endō
Hirutoku
Kenji Imai
Yashi Okami
Taketoshi Naitō
Noro Jinnai
Asao Uchida
Hotta Bungo
Sayoko Katō
Toshiaki Minami
Akira Shioji
Takashi Ebata
In “Shikoro Ichibei the Bounty Hunter”
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Eight Men to Kill (1972)
Shigehiro Ozawa
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