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The Trail of Blood (1972)

★ 6.5/10 87 min Action Japan Japanese
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
Screenplay by: Itsuhiro Ishimatsu
Original Story: Saho Sasazawa
Streaming: Not available

Description

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

Top Cast

Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada Jokichi
Katsuo Nakamura
Toru Minegishi
Toru Minegishi
Etsuko Ichihara
Etsuko Ichihara
Kōji Nanbara
Kōji Nanbara
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo
Sanae Kitabayashi
Sanae Kitabayashi
Maki Mizuhara

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