Kurama Tengu

Name: Kurama Tengu
Director: Masahiro Makino
Released: 1938-03-15
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi, Kunitaro Bando, Tokumaro Dan, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Takashi Shimura

Original title: 鞍馬天狗　角兵衛獅子の巻

7.0(1)193852mJA

Directed by Masahiro Makino

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent companies went bankrupt shortly after the transition to sound). As he is mostly famous for his portrait of Kurama tengu (and on the other hand, he's the definitive actor for Kurama Tengu as well), Nikkatsu made another version of Kurama tengu, co-directed by Masahiro Makino & Sadatsugu Matsuda who are both sons of Shozo Makino. Scripted by Yoshitake Hisa, a jidaigeki specialist who later scripted several Toei All-Star Jidaigeki.