The Skull Coin

Genre: History Adventure
Run time: 94 min
Premiere: 1938. January 1.

Director: Yoshiro Tsuji
Writer: Kikuo Tsunoda Natsuo Koiso
Starring: Kanjūrō Arashi Kensaku Hara Takashi Shimura Haruyo Ichikawa

“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven cursed coins (the Skull Coin) that are supposed to reveal the secrets of the hidden Tokugawa treasure.

Discover

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kensaku Hara

Takashi Shimura

Haruyo Ichikawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Seinosuke Hayashi

Camera

Seishi Tanimoto

Director of Photography

Directing

Yoshiro Tsuji

Director

Writing

Kikuo Tsunoda

Original Story

Natsuo Koiso

Screenplay