Street of Ronin

The story

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.

Cast

J Jūshirō Konoe S Seizaburō Kawazu S Susumu Fujita Y Yatarō Kitagami I Ichirō Ryūzaki M Mieko Takamine M Machiko Mizuhara K Kurumi Yamabato C Chizuko Nogami T Tatsuya Ishiguro G Gen Shimizu K Kenji Mori

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C Choji Oka K Kenzō Tanaka H Hideo Hongo N Noboru UmezawaFortune-teller I Ichirō IzumiRetired person T Toshie NakajimaOmasa T Takeshi OsadaKyunojô Shibamori N Naojiro UmemuraMansuke Nakama I Isamu SakuraiObata's retainer R Reizaburo UmewakaYoung master M Morie IshidaPalanquin bearer H Haruji InouePainter Eizan J Jirô MôriSamurai from Sakushû S Shigeo ShizuyamaMask maker Y Yoshihiko UemuraPalanquin bearer S Saburō NagaokaHatamoto G Giichi OkaichiHatamoto I Ichirô FushimiHatamoto Y Yoshiya FujiyamaHatamoto R Ryô MiyadzuHatamoto H Hisano YamatoWoman at tea-stall F Fusako SuzukiWoman at tea-stall K Kazuko FutabaWoman at hot bath M Michiyo AzumaWoman at hot bath T Teruko MikasaWoman at hot bath T Toshiko UnoWoman at hot bath M Mihoko KawaharaChambermaid