Street of Ronin

Overview

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.

Cast

Jūshirō Konoe

Seizaburō Kawazu

Susumu Fujita

Y

Yatarō Kitagami

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Mieko Takamine

M

Machiko Mizuhara

Kurumi Yamabato

C

Chizuko Nogami

Tatsuya Ishiguro

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