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A Spectacular Showdown
1959, Aug 09
1h 54m
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840’s. The battle between Boss Sukegoro of Iioka and Boss Shigezo of Sasagawa has been portrayed many times, most notably in the first Zatoichi film, where the blind man befriends the tubercular ronin Hirate Miki, before cutting him down in one of the great duels in cinema history. This all-star extravaganza pulls out all the stops, with appearances by virtually all of the great actors and actresses from Toei’s studio at the time. Ichikawa Utaemon’s portrayal of the kind-hearted, noble yakuza boss Shigezo of Sasagawa contrasts sharply with the devious Sukegoro of Iioka. Corrupt as he may have been, his men were all willing to give up their lives for him.
Directed by
Yasushi Sasaki
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Keiko Okawa
Eijirō Kataoka
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Sunosaki no Masakichi
Ryutaro Otomo
Kusuo Abe
Satomi Oka
Shinobu Chihara
Utaemon Ichikawa
Sasagawa no Shigezo
Kotaro Satomi
Yoshio Yoshida
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Kiyotaki no Sakichi
Eitarō Shindō
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Hiromi Hanazono
Shin Tokudaiji
Harue Akagi
Isao Yamagata
Hashizo Okawa
Nadare no Iwamatsu
Michimaro Otabe
Hibari Misora
Kensaku Hara
Keiko Yukishiro
Chiezō Kataoka
Chuji Kunisada
Kogiku Hanayagi
Shunji Sakai
Chizuru Kitagawa
Ushio Akashi
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Kenji Susukida
Eiko Maruyama
Koinosuke Onoe
Yumiko Hasegawa
Kunio Kaga
Kajō Onoe
Kenji Kusumoto
Kodayu Ichikawa
Sentarō Fushimi
Koji Arima
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Kyoji Sugi
Hiroshi Kato
Kazuo Ishii
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Masao Hori
Iwao Daimaru
Reiji Tsumura
Akira Tatematsu
Noboru Umezawa
Kazutarō Kuni
Michisaburō Segawa
Harumi Matsukaze
Yachiyo Kirishima
Yoshiko Yashioji
Tsukie Matsuura
Sōji Kiyokawa
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Yujiro Omi
Masanori Takeda
Kōtarō Nirei
Tokumaro Dan
Kazuo Tokita
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