Description
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
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Release Date1973
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Runtime1 hr 22 min
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Languageja
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Rating6.7 (3)
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Genres
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DirectorKazuo Ikehiro
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Cast原田芳雄Hajime Araki阿藤快Gen Takamori細井利雄石橋蓮司北九州男北浦昭義三角八朗Hirasawa Nabuo夏八木勲小川節子大楠道代田村保Kôji TsutsuiIwaki Yoshijiro
