Shadow Over Fuji
富士に立つ影
Watch shadow over fuji YMovies. The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon's finest performances, a true classic!
- Genre: Drama, History
- Country: Japan
- Director: Yasushi Sasaki
- Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa, Eitarō Shindō, Kōtarō Satomi, Kinya Kitaoji, Yumiko Hasegawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Eitarō Shindō, Isao Yamagata, Satomi Oka, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Shunji Sakai, Eriko Yoshida, Tsukie Matsuura, Kusuo Abe, Eijirō Sekine, Michimaro Otabe, Kunio Kaga, Kodayu Ichikawa, Kanji Koshiba, Momonosuke Ichikawa, Hiroshi Yamate,
