Okatsu the Fugitive

The story

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmers are being slaughtered by a corrupt group running a tobacco smuggling ring. They're being investigated by a man who is documenting their crimes and when they find out about it, they torture him for information but get none. It's not long before he and Okatsu's mother wind up dead and she sets out for revenge.

In the same saga

Legends of the Poisonous Seductress

In release order

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

1968

Quick-draw Okatsu

1969

This film

Okatsu the Fugitive

1969

Cast

J Junko MiyazonoOkatsu, the female samurai Y Yatarō Kitagami H Hiroshi Nawa R Reiko Oshida T Tatsuo Umemiya A Akitake Kōno H Hisaya Ito T Tōru Abe Y Yōichi Numata Y Yasushi Suzuki J Junko Toda Y Yuko Minakaze

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G Genshū Hanayagi C Chie Kobayashi A Akikane Sawa S Seiya Satō T Takashi Hio H Hiroshi Date 中 中島信義