A Spectacular Showdown

A Spectacular Showdown (1959)


  • Genre: Action
  • Release Date: 1959-08-09
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Yasushi Sasaki
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Summary

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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  • Utaemon Ichikawa

    as Sasagawa no Shigezo

  • Chiyonosuke Azuma

    as Kiyotaki no Sakichi

  • Kinnosuke Nakamura

    as Sunosaki no Masakichi

  • Koinosuke Onoe

    as

  • Kotaro Satomi

    as

  • Tomisaburō Wakayama

    as

  • Sentarō Fushimi

    as

  • Keiko Yukishiro

    as

  • Satomi Oka

    as

  • Keiko Okawa

    as

  • Hiromi Hanazono

    as

  • Chizuru Kitagawa

    as

  • Hashizo Okawa

    as Nadare no Iwamatsu

  • Chiezō Kataoka

    as Chuji Kunisada

  • Kazuo Ishii

    as

  • Tokinosuke Nakamura

    as

  • Masao Hori

    as

  • Iwao Daimaru

    as

  • Reiji Tsumura

    as

  • Akira Tatematsu

    as

  • Noboru Umezawa

    as

  • Kazutarō Kuni

    as

  • Michisaburō Segawa

    as

  • Michimaro Otabe

    as

  • Kajō Onoe

    as

  • Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

    as

  • Kyoji Sugi

    as

  • Shunji Sakai

    as

  • Eijirō Kataoka

    as

  • Hibari Misora

    as

  • Yumiko Hasegawa

    as

  • Eiko Maruyama

    as

  • Harue Akagi

    as

  • Harumi Matsukaze

    as

  • Yachiyo Kirishima

    as

  • Yoshiko Yashioji

    as

  • Tsukie Matsuura

    as

  • Shinobu Chihara

    as

  • Kogiku Hanayagi

    as

  • Kensaku Hara

    as

  • Kusuo Abe

    as

  • Sōji Kiyokawa

    as

  • Ushio Akashi

    as

  • Kinnosuke Takamatsu

    as

  • Koji Arima

    as

  • Kenji Kusumoto

    as

  • Yujiro Omi

    as

  • Masanori Takeda

    as

  • Hiroshi Kato

    as

  • Kōtarō Nirei

    as

  • Tokumaro Dan

    as

  • Kazuo Tokita

    as

  • Yoshio Yoshida

    as

  • Shin Tokudaiji

    as

  • Kunio Kaga

    as

  • Denjirō Ōkōchi

    as

  • Kenji Susukida

    as

  • Isao Yamagata

    as

  • Eitarō Shindō

    as

  • Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

    as

  • Ryutaro Otomo

    as

  • Kodayu Ichikawa

    as
Directing Yasushi Sasaki Director
Writing Hajime Takaiwa Screenplay
Production Hiroshi Ookawa Executive Producer
Sound Eiichi Yamada Original Music Composer
Camera Minoru Miki Director of Photography
Lighting Hideichi Yamane Lighting Technician
Art Taizô Kawashima Art Direction
Sound Toshirō Sasaki Sound Recordist
Editing Shintarō Miyamoto Editor
Costume & Make-Up Tadaoto Kainoshō Costume Design

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