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