Release Date
30 Jun, 1963
Runtime
01:23: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.
Original Title
八州遊侠伝 男の盃
Photos
片岡千恵蔵
千葉真一
志村喬
富司純子
鳳八千代
原健策
戸上城太郎
堺駿二
田中春男
水島道太郎
マキノ雅弘