Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
Directed by Tai Katō
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Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Banba no Chutaro
Hiroki Matsukata
Kanamachi no Hanjiro
Keiko Okawa
Otose
Michiyo Kogure
Ohama
Hitomi Nakahara
Onui
Isao Yamagata
Yosuke
Kensaku Hara
Kingoro
Shizue Natsukawa
Omura
Chieko Naniwa
Obah
Sadako Sawamura
Otora
Shin Tokudaiji
Kihachi
Kusuo Abe
Shichigoro
Crew
Tai Katō
Director
Tai Katō
Screenplay
Shin Hasegawa
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
1 review
Hannah
7.7★ · 03/07/25
fave from kato so far. as always: blocking, lighting and cinematography are stunning. acting/story is melodramatic but still somewhat compelling. i vastly prefer the depiction of female characters in this to any of the other films i've seen from him.
fave from kato so far. as always: blocking, lighting and cinematography are stunning. acting/story is melodramatic but still somewhat compelling. i vastly prefer the depiction of female characters in this to any of the other films i've seen from him.