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