A Spectacular Showdown (1959)
1h 54m
Running Time
August 9, 1959Release Date
A Spectacular Showdown (1959)
1h 54m
Running Time
August 9, 1959Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840’s. The battle between Boss Sukegoro of Iioka and Boss Shigezo of Sasagawa has been portrayed many times, most notably in the first Zatoichi film, where the blind man befriends the tubercular ronin Hirate Miki, before cutting him down in one of the great duels in cinema history. This all-star extravaganza pulls out all the stops, with appearances by virtually all of the great actors and actresses from Toei’s studio at the time. Ichikawa Utaemon’s portrayal of the kind-hearted, noble yakuza boss Shigezo of Sasagawa contrasts sharply with the devious Sukegoro of Iioka. Corrupt as he may have been, his men were all willing to give up their lives for him.
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Cast & Crew.

Utaemon Ichikawa
Sasagawa no Shigezo

Chiyonosuke Azuma
Kiyotaki no Sakichi

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Sunosaki no Masakichi

Koinosuke Onoe

Kotaro Satomi

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Sentarō Fushimi

Keiko Yukishiro

Satomi Oka

Kyonosuke Nango
Actor

Keiko Okawa

Hiromi Hanazono

Juro Hoshi
Actor

Hiroshi Ohkawa
Producer

Hashizo Okawa
Nadare no Iwamatsu

Chiezō Kataoka
Chuji Kunisada

Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design

Yasushi Sasaki
Director

Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay

Hiroshi Ookawa
Executive Producer

Eiichi Yamada
Original Music Composer

Minoru Miki
Director of Photography

Hideichi Yamane
Lighting Technician

Taizô Kawashima
Art Direction

Toshirō Sasaki
Sound Recordist

Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor

Kunio Kaga

Shin Tokudaiji

Koji Arima

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Shunji Sakai

Harue Akagi

Kogiku Hanayagi

Tokumaro Dan

Kazuo Tokita

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Yumiko Hasegawa

Eiko Maruyama

Kensaku Hara

Shinobu Chihara

Tsukie Matsuura

Yoshiko Yashioji

Yachiyo Kirishima

Yujiro Omi

Masanori Takeda

Hiroshi Kato

Hibari Misora

Ryutaro Otomo

Kodayu Ichikawa

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Masao Hori

Iwao Daimaru

Reiji Tsumura

Akira Tatematsu

Noboru Umezawa
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 9, 1959
Original Name血斗水滸伝 怒濤の対決
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Genres
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