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Legacy of the 500,000

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Legacy of the 500,000
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji五十万人の遺産
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGojuman-nin no Isan
Directed byToshiro Mifune
Written byRyūzō Kikushima
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTakao Saito
Edited byShūichi Iohara
Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)[citation needed]
Music byMasaru Sato
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 28, 1963 (1963-04-28) (Japan)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥225 million[1]

Legacy of the 500,000[2] (五十万人の遺産, Gojuman-nin no Isan) is a 1963 Japanese action film directed by Toshiro Mifune (in his sole directorial credit), with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Sachio Sakai, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yoshifumi Tajima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mie Hama and Yuriko Hoshi.[3]

Premise

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A man who battled in the Philippines during World War II is kidnapped by two brothers in search of the gold he buried on an island in the Philippines during the war.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924→2011 [Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85 Times Full History 1924→2011] (in Japanese). Kinema Junposha. 2012. p. 200. ISBN 978-4873767550.
  2. ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 201. ISBN 9781461673743.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "五十万人の遺産 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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