Fresh
There's plenty to enjoy in this slyly humorous film from the last surviving veteran of that era, Kon Ichikawa.
David Stratton, Variety
Overview
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
Director and cast
- Kon Ichikawa Director
- Koji Yakusho as Koheita Mochizuki
- Yuko Asano as Yuko Kosei
- Bunta Sugawara as Nadahachi on the Great River
- Ryudo Uzaki as Yoshijuro Senba
- Tsurutaro Kataoka as Yasukawa Hanzo
- Saburo Ishikura as Tomoe no Taiju
- Renji Ishibashi as Saibei of Tsugimachi
- Tsuyoshi Ujiki as Katsunosuke Nakai
- Isao Bitō as Rokuzaemon Ichikawa
- Hideji Ōtaki as Imamura
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