Street of Ronin

Street of Ronin

110 mins | Action, Adventure | April 3, 1957

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.

Street of Ronin

110 mins | Action, Adventure | April 3, 1957

Street of Ronin
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 浪人街
Directors Kazuo Isoda, Masahiro Makino
Writers Itarō Yamagami, Genzo Murakami, Masahiro Makino

Cast

Noboru Umezawa

as Fortune-teller

Ichirô Izumi

as Retired person

Toshie Nakajima

as Omasa

Takeshi Osada

as Kyunojô Shibamori

Naojiro Umemura

as Mansuke Nakama

Isamu Sakurai

as Obata's retainer

Reizaburo Umewaka

as Young master

Morie Ishida

as Palanquin bearer

Haruji Inoue

as Painter Eizan

Jirô Môri

as Samurai from Sakushû

Shigeo Shizuyama

as Mask maker

Yoshihiko Uemura

as Palanquin bearer

Saburô Nagaoka

as Hatamoto

Giichi Okaichi

as Hatamoto

Ichirô Fushimi

as Hatamoto

Yoshiya Fujiyama

as Hatamoto

Ryô Miyadzu

as Hatamoto

Hisano Yamato

as Woman at tea-stall

Fusako Suzuki

as Woman at tea-stall

Kazuko Futaba

as Woman at hot bath

Michiyo Azuma

as Woman at hot bath

Teruko Mikasa

as Woman at hot bath

Toshiko Uno

as Woman at hot bath

Mihoko Kawahara

as Chambermaid