Duel at Gokumon-zaka

The read

It runs a compact 1h 14m.

Synopsis

Sutematsu and Sukekichi, residents of Benten Nagaya tenement, witness a woman being thrown from a palanquin into a river and are immediately attacked by several samurai. They are saved by a fellow tenant, the ronin Ginzaburo Fujizaki. One of the assailants drops a wooden tag bearing the Onitsuta-bishi (demon ivy diamond) crest. The next morning, the woman’s body is found on the lumber dock. She is Omino, daughter of Omiya, a money exchanger in Nihonbashi.

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Key crew

• Ryuta AkimotoWriter
• Takao AkimotoDirector

Cast

• Jūshirō KonoeFujizaki Ginzaburo
• Kichiya BandoChoji
• Hiromi HanazonoOrin
• A-suke AkitaSutematsu
• B-suke AkitaSukekichi
• Kensaku HaraSakakibara Mondo-no-kami
• Ryōsuke KagawaNiiyama Gendayu
• Toshiko FujitaShizu
• Kenjiro UemuraOnimoto Kannokuro
• Ryūzaburō NakamuraTodo Takatada
• Kinichi HanabusaKanta
• Kazuo TokitaMasakichi