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Bored Hatamoto Collection

Bored Hatamoto Collection

List for the original Bored Hatamoto films starring Ichikawa Utaemon.

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 on Mt. Fuji

Bored Hatamoto film #8
Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure

Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure

Bored Hatamoto film #9
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides

Bored Hatamoto film #10
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

Bored Hatamoto movie #11
Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

Bored Hatamoto movie #12
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

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 Passes By

Bored Hatamoto movie #14
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto movie #15
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto film #17
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

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: Mysterious Letter of Challenge

Bored Hatamoto film #19
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto film #20
Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto film #21
The Mansion of Intrigue

The Mansion of Intrigue

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

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

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

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
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

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

Ninja Assassins

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
The Cave of the Vampire Bats

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: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

Bored Hatamoto movie #29
The Mysterious Cape

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.