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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
Ryutaro Otomo
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Sunosaki no Masakichi
Harue Akagi
Isao Yamagata
Eijirō Kataoka
Kōtarō Satomi
Kensaku Hara
Ushio Akashi
Utaemon Ichikawa
Sasagawa no Shigezo
Kenji Kusumoto
Shinobu Chihara
Hashizo Okawa
Nadare no Iwamatsu
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Kenji Susukida
Hibari Misora
Kunio Kaga
Chiezō Kataoka
Chuji Kunisada
Yoshio Yoshida
Eitarō Shindō
Sentarō Fushimi
Yumiko Hasegawa
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Kogiku Hanayagi
Kyoji Sugi
Shin Tokudaiji
Kusuo Abe
Satomi Oka
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Kiyotaki no Sakichi
Chizuru Kitagawa
Kodayu Ichikawa
Keiko Yukishiro
Koji Arima
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Kajō Onoe
Michimaro Otabe
Shunji Sakai
Hiromi Hanazono
Koinosuke Onoe
Eiko Maruyama
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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