Vengeance for Sale

Vengeance for Sale

88 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action | Feb. 16, 2002

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.

Vengeance for Sale

88 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action | Feb. 16, 2002

Vengeance for Sale
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation, Fuji Television Network
Original title 助太刀屋助六
Directors Kihachi Okamoto
Writers Daisaku Ikuta, Kihachi Okamoto

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Sukeroku Sukedachiya

Kyoka Suzuki

as Osen

Takehiro Murata

as Taro

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Umetaro Katakura

Shingo Tsurumi

as Shinkuro Wakiya

Hirotaro Honda

as Hotta

Kyôko Kishida

as Otome

Ittoku Kishibe

as Oribe Sakakibara

Toru Kazama

as Okenosuke