Overview
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.
Production
Tokyo Eiga
Cast & Characters
Yoshio Harada
Jokichi
Katsuo Nakamura
Toru Minegishi
Etsuko Ichihara
Kōji Nanbara
Kayo Matsuo
Sanae Kitabayashi
Maki Mizuhara
Kaoru Kusuda
Ryoko Nakano
Rakoji Nanbara
Saburo Date
Directors & Crew
Kazuo Ikehiro
Director
Itsuhiro Ishimatsu
Screenplay
Kikumaru Okuda
Producer
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