Summary 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. A woman watches. View more details
Directed : Kazuo Ikehiro
Written : Saho Sasazawa Ituhiro Ishimatsu
Stars : Kayo Matsuo Atsuo Nakamura Yoshio Harada Sanae Kitabayashi
Genres : Action Drama
Release date : Jun 9, 1972
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Toho Tokyo Eiga Co Ltd.
Summary 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. A woman watches. View more details
Genres : Action Drama
Release date : Jun 9, 1972
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Toho Tokyo Eiga Co Ltd.