Plot
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.
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Cast
Chiezo Kataoka
Genji The Fighting Top
Sonny Chiba
Sataro
Takashi Shimura
Tobei
Sumiko Fuji
Ochiyo
Yachiyo Ōtori
Oshino
Kensaku Hara
Matsugoro of Kuroiwa
Michitarō Mizushima
Koto Juheita
Jotaro Togami
Sagara Denjuro
Hiroshi Kato
The Dragon of the Bush-Dead
Shunji Sakai
Mameroku
Haruo Tanaka
Daihachi
Shigeru Yasunaka
Kenta
Tsukie Matsuura
Osugi
Kentaro Ozato
Tomekichi
Shunya Wazaki
Byoshi
Takeshi Kumagaya
Gosaku
Kazutarō Kuni
Kosuke
Yūzaburō Sakaguchi
Kamekichi
Kinnosuke Fujiki
Masakichi of the Hannya
Mitsuru Kawaji
Seven with the Viper Crest
