Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)
57m
Running Time
December 31, 1937Release Date
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)
57m
Running Time
December 31, 1937Release Date
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Plot.
The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushingura) as Horibe Yasubei. But Makino and Inagaki’s version gives no hint of this more serious future, playing up the thrills and the comedy with Bando’s bravura performance. The multiple pans of Yasubei running to the duel are an exemplar of the experimental flourishes of 1930s Japanese cinema and the final duel, performed virtually like a dance number, is a marker of Makino’s love of rhythm and one of the best sword fights in Japanese film history. The film was originally released under the title Chikemuri Takadanoba (Bloody Takadanobaba) with a length of 57 minutes, but suffered some cuts and a title change when it was re-released in 1952.
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Cast & Crew.

Tsumasaburō Bandō
Yasubei Nakayama

Takashi Shimura
Takusan

Tokumaro Dan
Genjihei Segawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Rokuzaemon Sugano

Chiyoko Ôkura
Otae

Momonosuke Ichikawa
Kumako

Shunzaburo Iba
Tengan

Komako Hara
Osai

Shojiro Ichikawa

Sannosuke Fujikawa

Yuzure Kume

Maki Tozo
Screenplay / Original Story

Ban Takahashi
Music

Yukio Kaihara
Sound Recordist

Hiroshi Inagaki
Director

Masahiro Makino
Director

Rokusaburô Mitsui
Cinematography

Hideo Ishimoto
Cinematography

Kunitaro Bando

Shôen Kataoka

Tokumaro Ban

Kotaro Nifuda

Teruo Shimada

Kajō Onoe
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 31, 1937
Original Name血煙高田の馬場
StatusReleased
Running Time57m
Genres
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