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振袖釼法 (1955)

Directed by Tatsuo Sakai

Overview

In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain’s oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.

Length 92 minutes

Actors

Katsuo Nakamura | Isuzu Yamada | Mitsuo Nagata | Keijirô Morozumi | Akitake Kôno | Kenji Susukida | Akiko Koyama | Toshiko Ayukawa | Tomoko Izumi | 高木悠子 | 花森ユキ | Achako Hanabishi | 草笛競子 | Aizo Tamashima | Eitarô Shindô | Joji Kaieda | Mitsugu Terashima | Kenzô Tanaka | Koji Nakata | Noboru Kasuga | 宮武要 | Ko Ubukata | Jinichi Amano | Mimpei Tomimoto | 井上晴雄 | Tokijuro Nakamura | Rintarô Fujima