Director: Tai Katō
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Junko Ikeuchi, Jiro Okazaki, Keiko Yumi, Yōko Mihara,
Plot: Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time again in the bloody tale.
Discovering a Japanese master: Tai Katô
Despite a career spanning from the 1930s to the mid-’80s, I hadn’t even heard of Tai Katô until a recent flurry of disk releases from Radiance in England and Film Movement in the States, yet he produced significant work in some of my […]