The Trail of Blood

The Trail of Blood

1972 ja 87 minutes

Rating: 6.3

Plot

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

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Cast

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Jokichi

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi

Etsuko Ichihara

Etsuko Ichihara

Kōji Nanbara

Kōji Nanbara

Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

Sanae Kitabayashi

Sanae Kitabayashi

Maki Mizuhara

Maki Mizuhara

Kaoru Kusuda

Kaoru Kusuda

Ryoko Nakano

Ryoko Nakano

Rakoji Nanbara

Rakoji Nanbara

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

Ryōhei Uchida

Ryōhei Uchida

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue Hanazawa

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Shiro Kuno

Shiro Kuno

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Kōichi Uenoyama

Kōichi Uenoyama

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Chikara Hashimoto

Chikara Hashimoto

Kôji Tsutsui

Kôji Tsutsui

Takeo Kamura

Takeo Kamura

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Saho Sasazawa

Saho Sasazawa

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