In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
based on novel or book
stolen money
inn
edo period
feudal japan
estallido social
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Sadashichi
Komaki Kurihara
Omitsu
Wakako Sakai
Okiwa
Shigeru Kōyama
Officer Kanedo
Kei Satō
Yohei
Ichirō Nakatani
Officer Okajima (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō
Masaji
Shin Kishida
Genzô
Hatsuo Yamaya
Bunta
Masao Mishima
Funayado Tokubei
Shun Ueda
Senkichi
Daigo Kusano
Yoshinosuke
Crew
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Novel
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Gondo
7.0★ · 03/10/26
The sound design and fight scenes were a bit odd compared to how spectacular it normally is in Kobayashis work, still a fun watch tho!