The Tokugawa Treasure: Final Excavation (1994)

A magnificent hole.

Between 1990 and 1993, Japan's TBS network spent ¥350 million digging into the side of Mount Akagi, searching for the legendary shogunate gold that vanished during the Meiji Restoration. This 1994 TV movie compiles the four-year excavation into a single 95-minute documentary: copywriter Shigesato Itoi as the unlikely captain, the Mizuno family's three-generation obsession, American psychics consulted in earnest, and contractor Mochizuki running heavy machinery deeper into the mountain than anyone had gone before.

Cast (3)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Shigesato Itoi

Himself

Koji Ishizaka

Himself

Nobuo Tanaka

Narrator

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