Legacy of the 500,000 (五十万人の遺産, Gojuman-nin no Isan) is a 1963 Japanese epic action film directed by Toshiro Mifune (in his sole directorial credit) and co-edited by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Sachio Sakai, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yoshifumi Tajima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mie Hama and Yuriko Hoshi. It was also Mifune Productions' first feature film.
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Premise
A war veteran who battled in the Philippines during World War II is kidnapped by two brothers in search of the gold he buried on an island in the Philippines during the war.
Cast
Toshiro Mifune as Takeichi Matsuo
Tatsuya Mihashi as Keigo Gunji
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tsukuda
Sachio Sakai as Igarashi
Yoshifumi Tajima as Yasumoto
Tatsuya Nakadai as Mitsuru Gunji
Yoshio Tsuchiya as Yamazaki
Mie Hama as Igorot native
Yuriko Hoshi as Masako Matsuo
Tetsu Nakamura as an oriental man
Keiko Yamada as Baker's spouse
Michiko Hayashi as a female clerk
Release
The film was released April 8 or 28, 1963 in Japan, by Toho. A U.S. screening followed on June 12, 1964.