Film

Revenge

1964 · 104 min · ★ 7.6 · Dir. Tadashi Imai

This tragic drama shows a young man fettered by Bushido, the way of the Samurai, who tried to escape the chains of his position, but was being forced to die. When the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled the land, Tatsuno castle in Wakisaka Clan's home of Harima held an established custom, the inspection of the arms warehouse. The Government Inspector Okuno Magodayu found a slight bit of dirt on the point of a spear and mentioned it with disdain. Ezaki Shinpachi heard it and started an argument with him. Magodayu then sent a a letter of challenge to him because he felt insulted by a low-ranking underling without a title. As it turned out Magodayu was killed. Since then, Shinpachi and the Okuno family have had continuous revenge duels. The tension mounts as this story builds to an extremely violent climax, when blood must pay for blood if the clan is to survive!

Starring

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Shinpachi Ezaki
Takahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
Jubei Ezaki
Tetsurō Tamba
Tetsurō Tamba
Shume Okuno
Yoshiko Mita
Yoshiko Mita
Ritsu
Ai Sasaki
Michi
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken Mitsuda
Ken Mitsuda
Kinzō Shin
Kinzō Shin
Nishida Saburobei
Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
Shiraki Jinzaemon
Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Denbei Niwa
Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Ogawa Kobei
Shigeru Kōyama
Shigeru Kōyama
Okuno Magodayu
Kikue Mōri
Kikue Mōri
Tome
Toshie Kimura
Toshie Kimura
Nui
Tetsuo Ishidate
Tetsuo Ishidate
Junkichi Orimoto
Junkichi Orimoto
Rinichi Yamamoto
Rinichi Yamamoto