Title and credits from screen. 880-02 Kataoka Chiezō, Tsukigata Ryūnosuke, Kitagawa Chizuru, Tashiro Yuriko. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. 880-03 Based on the work Dōchū hiki by Inoue Kintarō. Aspect ratio, 1.37:1. Special features: Original uncompressed mono audio ouput to LPCM 2.0; new audio commentary with Jasper Sharp; interviews with Yasuka Uchida, Kazunori Kishida; The vagrant filmmaker (French film critic and programmer Fabrice Arduini discusses Uchida).
Summary:
Set during the Edo period, a samurai and his two servants, including spear-carrier Genpachi, meet various people on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, and a young child and a woman who are to be sold into prostitution.
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