A Spectacular Showdown
09/08/1959
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.
Movie Information
Utaemon Ichikawa
as Sasagawa no Shigezo
Chiyonosuke Azuma
as Kiyotaki no Sakichi
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Sunosaki no Masakichi
Koinosuke Onoe
as
Kōtarō Satomi
as
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as
Sentarō Fushimi
as
Keiko Yukishiro
as
Satomi Oka
as
Keiko Okawa
as
Hiromi Hanazono
as
Chizuru Kitagawa
as
Hashizo Okawa
as Nadare no Iwamatsu
Chiezō Kataoka
as Chuji Kunisada
Kazuo Ishii
as
Tokinosuke Nakamura
as
Masao Hori
as
Iwao Daimaru
as
Reiji Tsumura
as
Akira Tatematsu
as
Noboru Umezawa
as
Kazutarō Kuni
as
Michisaburō Segawa
as
Michimaro Otabe
as
Kajō Onoe
as
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
as
Kyoji Sugi
as
Shunji Sakai
as
Eijirō Kataoka
as
Hibari Misora
as
Yumiko Hasegawa
as
Eiko Maruyama
as
Harue Akagi
as
Harumi Matsukaze
as
Yachiyo Kirishima
as
Yoshiko Yashioji
as
Tsukie Matsuura
as
Shinobu Chihara
as
Kogiku Hanayagi
as
Kensaku Hara
as
Kusuo Abe
as
Sōji Kiyokawa
as
Ushio Akashi
as
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
as
Koji Arima
as
Kenji Kusumoto
as
Yujiro Omi
as
Masanori Takeda
as
Hiroshi Kato
as
Kōtarō Nirei
as
Tokumaro Dan
as
Kazuo Tokita
as
Yoshio Yoshida
as
Shin Tokudaiji
as
Kunio Kaga
as
Denjirō Ōkōchi
as
Kenji Susukida
as
Isao Yamagata
as
Eitarō Shindō
as
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as
Ryutaro Otomo
as
Kodayu Ichikawa
as
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