The Magnificent Nine

2h 10min

Comedy

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

Production Companies

Shochiku

THEFOOL

Higashi Nippon Broadcasting

Kinoshita Group

dentsu

TV Asahi

The Asahi Shimbun

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting

Hokkaido Television Broadcasting

Kahoku Shimposha

Hiroshima Home Television

Shizuoka Asahi Television

Cast

Sadawo Abe

Sadawo Abe

Juzaburo Kokudaya
Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama

Tokuheiji Sugawaraya
Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Jinnai Asanoya
Karen Iwata

Karen Iwata

Kayo Kokudaya
Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Moku Kayaba
Yudai Chiba

Yudai Chiba

Nakauchi
Kitaro

Kitaro

Jubee
Yuzuru Hanyu

Yuzuru Hanyu

Date Shigemura
Ken Nakamoto

Ken Nakamoto

Zenbachi
Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Juzaburo’s Mother
Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Juzaburo’s Father
Gaku Hamada

Gaku Hamada

Narrator

Release date

14th May 2016

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語