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