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A Chivalrous Spirit (1958)
Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
Overview
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre. Jirocho, an honorable and respected gang boss, uncovers a conspiracy organized by his rivals while on a quest to bring justice to three murders. Some of the most famous actors from Toei studios make this a must-see for everyone! Featuring a very young Nakamura Kinnosuke, who went on to become one of Japan’s mosted noteworthy actors under the name Yorosuya Kinnosuke. This is one of the best examples his early work.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Chiezô Kataoka | Chiyonosuke Azuma | Kinnosuke Nakamura | Utaemon Ichikawa | Isao Yamagata | Ryutaro Otomo | Hashizo Okawa | Eijirô Kataoka | Kunio Kaga | Kotaro Satomi | Koinosuke Onoe | Sentarô Fushimi | Junya Usami | Denjirô Ôkôchi | Kogiku Hanayagi | Chie Ueki | Yumiko Hasegawa | Shinobu Chihara | Ryûtarô Aoyagi | Ikuo Oka | Hideo Higashi | Kunio Hikita | Hiroshi Hatano | Mikio Nishimura | Kazutarô Kuni | Shinji Oda | Hideo Shimada | Hiroshi Hitomi | Kin'nosuke Fujiki | Noboru Umezawa | Reiji Tsumura | Tokinosuke Nakamura | Kenji Kusumoto | Hachiro Yamauchi | Yuji Kamishiro | Ryôei Itô | Juro Hoshi | Shusuke Daimonji | Koji Arima | Kazuo Tokita | Hiroshi Mizuno | Kokichi Nakamura | Kinnosuke Takamatsu | Eriko Yoshida | Tsukie Matsuura | Koji Murata | Kajô Onoe | Tokumaro Dan | Osamu Koganei | Naojiro Umemura | Kenji Susukida | Yoshio Yoshida | Kensaku Hara | Nakajirô Tomita | Sôji Kiyokawa | Kusuo Abe | Eitarô Shindô | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Shin Tokudaiji | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata