The Grand Master
Trailer: The Grand Master
Year: 1948
Genre: Drama
Studio: Daiei Film
Director: Daisuke Itō
Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō, Isamu Kosugi, Tatsuo Saitō, Mitsuko Mito, Osamu Takizawa, Ryutaro Otomo
Crew: Daisuke Itō (Director), Daisuke Itō (Writer), Hideji Hōjō (Theatre Play), Hisashi Okuda (Producer), Hideo Ishimoto (Director of Photography), Heikichi Kakui (Production Design)
Runtime: 94 minutes
Release: Oct 18, 1948
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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