The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Kazuo IkehiroDirector
- Kazuo IkehiroWriter
- Hideichi NagaharaScreenplay
Cast
- Yoshio HaradaJokichi of Mikogami
- Hajime ArakiCast
- Kai AtoCast
- Gen TakamoriCast
- Toshio HosoiCast
- Renji IshibashiCast
- Kusuo KitaCast
- Akiyoshi KitauraCast
- Hachiro MisumiCast
- Hirasawa NabuoCast
- Isao NatsuyagiCast
- Setsuko OgawaCast
Themes
samurairevengejidaigekichanbara