Overview
An adaptation of “The Courier for Hell” (“Meido no Hikyaku”) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725).
Director and cast
- Tamao Yoshida as Chubei, a clerk
- Minosuke Yoshida as Umegawa, a prostitute
- Kanjuro Kiritake as Hachiemon, Chubei's friend; Magoemon, Chubei's father
- Oritaya Takemoto as Scene I Joruri Reciter
- Enza Tsuruzawa as Scene I Samisen Player
- Koshijidayu Takemoto as Scene II Jaruri Reciter
- Seiji Tsuruzawa as Scene II Samisen Player
- Mojidayu Takemoto as Scene III Jaruri Reciter
- Kishi Nozawa as Scene III Samisen Player
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