The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
78 audience votes
Key crew
- Kon IchikawaDirector
- Daisuke ItōScreenplay
- Teinosuke KinugasaScreenplay
- Tamekichi MochizukiOriginal Music Composer
- Masao YagiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kazuo HasegawaYukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
- Fujiko YamamotoOhatsu
- Ayako WakaoNamiji
- Eiji FunakoshiHeima Kadokura
- Naritoshi HayashiMukuzu
- Eijirō YanagiHiromi-ya
- Chūsha IchikawaKikunojo Nakamura
- Saburo DateKawaguchi-ya
- Jun HamamuraIsshosai
- Kikue MōriCruel Old Woman
- Masayoshi KikunoYukinojo's Father
- Raizō IchikawaHirutaro
Stills
Themes
suicidejapansamuraibased on novel or bookkatanasword fightremakethiefrevengeshoguntheater troupekabuki