

An 87-minute feudal fever dream where a retired lord plays detective with his sword.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI sword fights hit different when someone might actually get hurt.
Costume
Lord Mito's disguises: peak 'nobleman cosplaying as commoner' fashion.
Director
Masamitsu Igayama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Mito Komon was a Tokugawa clan elder whose fictionalized travels became a decades-long franchise spanning films, TV, and radio—Japan's original procedural universe.
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata played Lord Mito across multiple films but was actually the second actor in the role; the franchise outlived its original star like a feudal Doctor Who.
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