Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon
Japanese theatrical release poster
Directed byKimiyoshi Yasuda
Screenplay byTetsuro Yoshida
StarringShoji Umewaka
Tamao Nakamura
Yatarō Kurokawa
Eigoro Onoe
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
CinematographyAisaka Sōichi
Edited byShigeo Nishida
Music byUrato Watanabe
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei
Release date
December 28, 1957 (Japan)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (Japanese: 赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人, Hepburn: Akadō Suzunosuke: Ippon ashi no majin)[lower-alpha 1] is a 1957 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy drama film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, and written by Tetsuro Yoshida.[2] Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the sixth in the Suzunosuke Akado film series, after Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka, which was released in the same year on August 25. Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon stars Shoji Umewaka, Tamao Nakamura, Yatarō Kurokawa, Eigoro Onoe, and Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka.[3] The film was followed by Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes the following year.

Plot

Suzunosuke Akado (Shoji Umewaka) faces off against a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged pirate.

Cast

  • Shoji Umewaka as Akado Suzunosuke
  • Tamao Nakamura as Shinobu
  • Yatarō Kurokawa as Shusaku Chiba
  • Keiko Fujita as Amerika
  • Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka as Takebayashibo
  • Yuji Hamada as Daikichi
  • Narutoshi Hayashi
  • Eigoro Onoe
  • Michio Yuri

Release

Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon was released in Japan on December 28, 1957.[2]

The film was released on DVD by Victor Film on December 20, 2002.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Combat of Master Magicians.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. 1 2 "赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. ↑ "Akadô Suzunosuke: Ippon ashi no majin (1957) - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Akado Suzunosuke DVD-BOX". rakuten.co.jp.


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