The Magnificent Nine

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Overview

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

Production

Shochiku, THEFOOL, Higashi Nippon Broadcasting, Kinoshita Group, dentsu, TV Asahi, The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Kahoku Shimposha, Hiroshima Home Television, Shizuoka Asahi Television