A Spectacular Showdown
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One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840’s. The battle between Boss Sukegoro of Iioka and Boss Shigezo of Sasagawa has been portrayed many times, most notably in the first Zatoichi film, where the blind man befriends the tubercular ronin Hirate Miki, before cutting him down in one of the great duels in cinema history. This all-star extravaganza pulls out all the stops, with appearances by virtually all of the great actors and actresses from Toei’s studio at the time. Ichikawa Utaemon’s portrayal of the kind-hearted, noble yakuza boss Shigezo of Sasagawa contrasts sharply with the devious Sukegoro of Iioka. Corrupt as he may have been, his men were all willing to give up their lives for him.
Cast
Utaemon Ichikawa
Sasagawa no Shigezo
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Kiyotaki no Sakichi
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Sunosaki no Masakichi
Koinosuke Onoe
Kōtarō Satomi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Sentarō Fushimi
Keiko Yukishiro
Satomi Oka
Keiko Okawa
Hiromi Hanazono
Chizuru Kitagawa
Hashizo Okawa
Nadare no Iwamatsu
Chiezō Kataoka
Chuji Kunisada
Kazuo Ishii
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Masao Hori
Iwao Daimaru
Reiji Tsumura
Akira Tatematsu
Noboru Umezawa
Kazutarō Kuni
Michisaburō Segawa
Michimaro Otabe
Kajō Onoe
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Kyoji Sugi
Shunji Sakai
Eijirō Kataoka
Hibari Misora
Yumiko Hasegawa
Eiko Maruyama
Harue Akagi
Harumi Matsukaze
Yachiyo Kirishima
Yoshiko Yashioji
Tsukie Matsuura
Shinobu Chihara
Kogiku Hanayagi
Kensaku Hara
Kusuo Abe
Sōji Kiyokawa
Ushio Akashi
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Koji Arima
Kenji Kusumoto
Yujiro Omi
Masanori Takeda
Hiroshi Kato
Kōtarō Nirei
Tokumaro Dan
Kazuo Tokita
Yoshio Yoshida
Shin Tokudaiji
Kunio Kaga
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Kenji Susukida
Isao Yamagata
Eitarō Shindō
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryutaro Otomo
