Movie Description
浪人街
(1957)Overview
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.
Featured Crew
- Director : Masahiro Makino
- Producer : Akiei Sugimura
- Editor : Shigeru Kobayashi
- Cast : Jūshirō Konoe,Seizaburō Kawazu,Susumu Fujita,Yatarō Kitagami,Ichirō Ryūzaki,Mieko Takamine,Machiko Mizuhara,Kurumi Yamabato,Chizuko Nogami,Tatsuya Ishiguro,Gen Shimizu,Kenji Mori,Choji Oka,Kenzō Tanaka,Hideo Hongo,Noboru Umezawa,Ichirō Izumi,Toshie Nakajima,Takeshi Osada,Naojiro Umemura,Isamu Sakurai,Reizaburo Umewaka,Morie Ishida,Haruji Inoue,Jirô Môri,Shigeo Shizuyama,Yoshihiko Uemura,Saburō Nagaoka,Giichi Okaichi,Ichirô Fushimi,Yoshiya Fujiyama,Ryô Miyadzu,Hisano Yamato,Fusako Suzuki,Kazuko Futaba,Michiyo Azuma,Teruko Mikasa,Toshiko Uno,Mihoko Kawahara
Cast
Fortune-teller
Retired person
Omasa
Kyunojô Shibamori
Mansuke Nakama
Obata's retainer
Young master
Palanquin bearer
Painter Eizan
Samurai from Sakushû
Mask maker
Palanquin bearer
Hatamoto
Hatamoto
Hatamoto
Hatamoto
Hatamoto
Woman at tea-stall
Woman at tea-stall
Woman at hot bath
Woman at hot bath
Woman at hot bath
Woman at hot bath
Chambermaid
Posters
Recommendations
Facts
Original Title浪人街
Status Released
Release Information
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1957-04-03
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 50m
Production CompaniesShochiku
Genres
- Action
- Adventure
