Happily Tied to the Road

Happily Tied to the Road

88 mins | Drama | April 21, 1959

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?

Happily Tied to the Road

88 mins | Drama | April 21, 1959

Happily Tied to the Road
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title おしどり道中
Directors Yasushi Sasaki
Writers Yoshitake Hisa

Cast

Hashizo Okawa

as Hanjiro Kusama

Kyoko Aoyama

as Omon

Denjirō Ōkōchi

as Kinpira

Kotaro Satomi

as Masayoshi

Haruo Tanaka

as Mishima

Shin Tokudaiji

as Fujigoro

Eitarō Shindō

as Koshuya

Akitake Kôno

as Sanemon

Shinji Oda

as Chogoro

Michisaburo Segawa

as Jiro Taro

Michimaro Otabe

as Shigesuke

Hiroshi Hatano

as Isaburo

Shinichi Hamada

as Yoshimatsu

Kensaku Hara

as Nango Shigeru

Naojiro Umemura

as Seibei

Hideo Higashi

as Takematsu

Shinnosuke Ogata

as Hirama Inudo

Kazuo Tokita

as Tokubei

Kusuo Abe

as Heijuro

Kenji Kusumoto

as Gunbei Oyamada