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1959

Furai monogatari Ninkyohen

A Gambler as I Am

風来物語 仁侠篇

Release Date
October, 28th, 1959
Running Time
115 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
-
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

DAIEI

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

DAIEI

[ Story ]

In 1905, a few days before the fall of Mukden the citizens of Tokyo are surprised at the murder of a member of parliament, Kentaro Akashi, at the home of his young mistress.
Naojiro, a spirited young man who used to be a house boy at the Akashi's vows to do his utmost to find the murderer.
Monta, the son of Akashi, left his father's house a few years before and is now a strolling fiddler; he is also connected with socialist movement and has fallen in love with Okei who becomes a geisha.
Daughter Fusayo is about to finish school and falls in love with Michio Kawashima, a working student.
Naojiro learns that a strange masseur was seen entering Mistress's house on the night of the tragedy and a few days later he sees this man at his boss's gambling house. The next moment the man is gone.
Then Morizo, a gambler who belongs to another group, is found dead and as Naojiro had quarrelled with this him the dead man's boss suspects him to be the murderer. Naojiro's boss tells him to make a short trip to Hamamatsu and on arriving there he sees the bogus masseur sneaking into a house. This time the man is desperate and instead of running away he sallies forth to engage Naojiro in a duel.

【Quoted from Unijapan Film Quarterly 1960 3.1】

[ Contact (International) ]

KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Literature and Movie Group

2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177
Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: MORI Chiyo
tel: +81 50 1746 1220
E-mail: mori-c@kadokawa.jp
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp

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