The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru were lost except for Shinkei, who alone made his way to land & eventually home to inform his grandson Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) that his father Jubei met with disaster. Young Jiromaru tells his grandfather that he doesn't want to be a skipper like his father, but wants to go to Kyoto and become a samurai…
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Key crew
- Sadatsugu MatsudaDirector
- Katsuya SusakiScreenplay
Cast
- Kinnosuke NakamuraJiromaru
- Ryutaro OtomoSamanosuke Sasaki
- Denjirō ŌkōchiJubei
- Yumiko HasegawaYuki-hime
- Eiko MaruyamaChacha
- Ryūnosuke TsukigataDanjô Matsunaga
- Isao YamagataGemba Akahana
- Eitarō ShindōGorôdayû
- Masao MishimaOniyasha
- Ryōsuke KagawaShôgen Unno
- Kunio KagaSaburôjirô Kôno
- Kensaku HaraSaemontarô
Stills
Themes
jidaigeki