1958
JA
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan. The 300th film in the long and illustrious career of Ichikawa Utaemon, one of the most popular Japanese film stars of the period; it brought out an all-star cast as well.
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Bored Hatamoto
Bored Hatamoto film #1
Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto
Bored Hatamoto film #2
Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai
Bored Hatamoto film #3
Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo
Bored Hatamoto film #4
Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage
Bored Hatamoto film #5
Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo
Bored Hatamoto film #6
Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku
Bored Hatamoto film #7
Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji
Bored Hatamoto film #8
Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure
Bored Hatamoto film #9
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides
Bored Hatamoto film #9
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
Bored Hatamoto movie #11
Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown
Bored Hatamoto movie #12
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.
Bored Hatamoto Passes By
Bored Hatamoto movie #14
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
Bored Hatamoto movie #15
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
Bored Hatamoto film #16.
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
Bored Hatamoto film #17
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...
Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge
Bored Hatamoto film #19
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Bored Hatamoto film #20
Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower
Bored Hatamoto film #21
The Mansion of Intrigue
A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan. The 300th film in the long and illustrious career of Ichikawa Utaemon, one of the most popular Japanese film stars of the period; it brought out an all-star cast as well.
The Acrobats of Death
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can save the shogunate from the dastardly plot to take over the country.
Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
The Cave of the Vampire Bats
A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion
Bored Hatamoto movie #29
The Mysterious Cape
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.