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