Legacy of the 500,000

Legacy of the 500,000^[2] (五十万人の遺産, Gojuman-nin no Isan) is a 1963 Japanese action film directed by Toshiro Mifune (in his sole directorial credit), 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.^[3]

Legacy of the 500,000
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	五十万人の遺産
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gojuman-nin no Isan
Directed by	Toshiro Mifune
Written by	Ryūzō Kikushima
Produced by	Sanezumi Fujimoto Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Toshiro Mifune Tatsuya Mihashi Tsutomu Yamazaki Sachio Sakai Yoshio Tsuchiya Yoshifumi Tajima Tatsuya Nakadai Mie Hama Yuriko Hoshi
Cinematography	Takao Saito
Edited by	Shūichi Iohara Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)[citation needed]
Music by	Masaru Sato
Production companies	Mifune Productions Takarazuka Eiga Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	April 28, 1963 (1963-04-28) (Japan)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥225 million[1]

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^[3]
• Tatsuya Mihashi as Keigo Gunji^[3]
• Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tsukuda^[3]
• Sachio Sakai as Igarashi^[3]
• Yoshifumi Tajima as Yasumoto^[3]
• Tatsuya Nakadai as Mitsuru Gunji^[3]
• Yoshio Tsuchiya as Yamazaki^[3]
• Mie Hama as Igorot native^[3]
• Yuriko Hoshi as Masako Matsuo^[3]
• Tetsu Nakamura as an oriental man^[3]
• Keiko Yamada as Baker's spouse^[3]
• Michiko Hayashi as a female clerk^[3]