Movielogr
Happily Tied to the Road (1959)
Directed by Yasushi Sasaki
Overview
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Haruo Tanaka | Sonosuke Sawamura | Shinnosuke Ogata | Eitarô Shindô | Denjirô Ôkôchi | Akitake Kôno | Kyôko Aoyama | Hashizo Okawa | Kotaro Satomi | Hiroko Sakuramachi | Hiroshi Hatano | Shin Tokudaiji | Michisaburo Segawa | Kusuo Abe | Ushio Akashi | Kensaku Hara | Otabe Michimaro | Kazuo Tokita | Shinji Oda | Kenji Kusumoto | Hideo Higashi | Naojiro Umemura | Shinichi Hamada