This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.
Masahiro Makino
Director
Chiezo Kataoka
Genji The Fighting Top
Sonny Chiba
Sataro
Takashi Shimura
Tobei
Sumiko Fuji
Ochiyo
Yachiyo Ōtori
Oshino
Kensaku Hara
Matsugoro of Kuroiwa
Michitarō Mizushima
Koto Juheita
Jotaro Togami
Sagara Denjuro
Hiroshi Kato
The Dragon of the Bush-Dead
座頭市物語72%
座頭市64%
上意討ち 拝領妻始末82%
ICHI67%
The Outsider61%
るろうに剣心 最終章 The Final76%
碁盤斬り74%
Black Rain65%
劇場版 BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ71%
Ninja61%
御法度65%
るろうに剣心 京都大火編75%
新劇場版「頭文字D」Legend2 -闘走-78%
七人の侍84%
宮本武蔵71%
劇場版ブルーロック -EPISODE 凪-75%
アウトレイジ68%
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LUPIN THE IIIRD 血煙の石川五ェ門77%
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