八州遊侠伝 男の盃 (1963)
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.
演员阵容
- 片冈千惠藏 — Genji The Fighting Top
- 千叶真一 — Sataro
- 志村乔 — Tobei
- 富司纯子 — Ochiyo
- 鳳八千代 — Oshino
- 原健策 — Matsugoro of Kuroiwa
- 水岛道太郎 — Koto Juheita
- 户上城太郎 — Sagara Denjuro
- 加藤弘 — The Dragon of the Bush-Dead
- 堺骏二 — Mameroku
- 田中春男 — Daihachi
- 安中滋 — Kenta