A Spectacular Showdown
血斗水滸伝 怒濤の対決
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.
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Shinobu Chihara
Kenji Susukida
Hibari Misora
Kusuo Abe
Kodayu Ichikawa
Satomi Oka
Keiko Okawa
Yumiko Hasegawa
Chiyonosuke Azuma
as Kiyotaki no Sakichi
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Sunosaki no Masakichi
Hiromi Hanazono
Eiko Maruyama
Kōtarō Satomi
Kogiku Hanayagi
Hiroshi Kato
Kyoji Sugi
Kajō Onoe
Kensaku Hara
Isao Yamagata
Michimaro Otabe
Shunji Sakai
Sōji Kiyokawa
Yoshio Yoshida
Eijirō Kataoka
Harue Akagi
Koji Arima
Ryutaro Otomo
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Chizuru Kitagawa
Chiezo Kataoka
as Chuji Kunisada
Shin Tokudaiji
Keiko Yukishiro
Kenji Kusumoto
Kunio Kaga
Utaemon Ichikawa
as Sasagawa no Shigezo
Sentarō Fushimi
Ushio Akashi
Eitarō Shindō
Koinosuke Onoe
Hashizo Okawa
as Nadare no Iwamatsu
