Whirlwind (1964 film)

Whirlwind
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay by Hiroshi Inagaki
Takeshi Kimura
Starring
Music by Akira Ifukube
Kan Ishii
Cinematography Kazuo Yamada
Edited by Koichi Iwashita
Production
companies
Release dates
1964
Running time
108 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Whirlwind (Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki) is a 1964 Japanese historical drama. It was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film is set during the seventeenth century and is about the aftermath of the Siege of Osaka.[1]

Synopsis

In the 17th century, after the fall of Osaka to the forces of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu several survivors of the Toyotomi clan try to deliver a young prince to safety. They are betrayed by other survivors who want to enrich themselves under the pretext of re-establishing their clan.[2]

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