The Magnificent Nine (2016)
Original title: 殿、利息でござる！
The Magnificent Nine is a 2016 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, with a running time of 2h 10m. It stars Sadao Abe, Eita Nagayama and Satoshi Tsumabuki.
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.
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Cast
- Sadao Abe as Juzaburo Kokudaya
- Eita Nagayama as Tokuheiji Sugawaraya
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Jinnai Asanoya
- Karen Iwata as Kayo Kokudaya
- Yuko Takeuchi as Toki
- Ryuhei Matsuda as Moku Kayaba
- Yasufumi Terawaki as Ikuemon
- Yudai Chiba as Nakauchi
- Kitaro as Jubee
- Yuzuru Hanyu as Date Shigemura
- Ichiro Hashimoto as Shinshiro
- Ken Nakamoto as Zenbachi