Street of Ronin
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Jūshirō Konoe
Seizaburō Kawazu
Susumu Fujita
Yatarō Kitagami
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Mieko Takamine
Machiko Mizuhara
Kurumi Yamabato
Chizuko Nogami
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Gen Shimizu
Kenji Mori
Choji Oka
Kenzō Tanaka
Hideo Hongo
Noboru Umezawa
Fortune-teller
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