Eight Men to Kill(1972)

movie - first aired/released 1972-12-16 - 88 min - audience 6.7

Action

Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.