Description
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
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Release Date1972
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Runtime1 hr 27 min
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Languageja
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Rating6.3 (7)
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Genres
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DirectorKazuo Ikehiro
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Cast原田芳雄中村嘉葎雄峰岸徹市原悦子南原宏治松尾嘉代北林早苗水原麻記楠田薫中野良子Rakoji Nanbara伊達三郎中村敦夫内田良平菅貫太郎花沢徳衛清水元久野四郎十朱久雄上野山功一沢村いき雄橋本力Kôji TsutsuiTakeo Kamura阿藤快笹沢左保
