The Trail of Blood
Overview
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.
Cast
Yoshio HaradaJokichiKatsuo Nakamura
Toru Minegishi
Etsuko Ichihara
Kōji Nanbara
Kayo Matsuo
Sanae KitabayashiMaki Mizuhara
Kaoru Kusuda
Ryoko NakanoRakoji Nanbara
Saburo DateCrew
DirectorKazuo Ikehiro
Details
Original Title無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた
Release DateJune 10, 1972
LanguagesJapanese
StudiosTokyo Eiga
