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Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba

Overview

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.

RATING

6.20

DIRECTORS

Hiroshi Inagaki

Masahiro Makino

COUNTRIE

Japan

RELEASE DATE

1937

TIME

0h 57m

GENRES

Action

Comedy

Drama

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阪東妻三郎‌

阪東妻三郎

Yasubei Nakayama

志村喬‌

志村喬

Takusan

團徳麿‌

團徳麿

Genjihei Segawa

香川良介‌

香川良介

Rokuzaemon Sugano

Chiyoko Ôkura‌

Chiyoko Ôkura

Otae

市川百々之助‌

市川百々之助

Kumako

Shunzaburo Iba‌

Shunzaburo Iba

Tengan

原駒子‌

原駒子

Osai

Shojiro Ichikawa‌

Shojiro Ichikawa

藤川三之祐‌

藤川三之祐

Yuzure Kume‌

Yuzure Kume

瀬川路三郎‌

瀬川路三郎

尾上華丈‌

尾上華丈

Kunitaro Bando‌

Kunitaro Bando

Shôen Kataoka‌

Shôen Kataoka

Teruo Shimada‌

Teruo Shimada

Tokumaro Ban‌

Tokumaro Ban

Kotaro Nifuda‌

Kotaro Nifuda

葉山富之輔‌

葉山富之輔

Fumio Wakamatsu‌

Fumio Wakamatsu

Takeo Minato‌

Takeo Minato

Kazushi Seto‌

Kazushi Seto

Hidemichi Ishikawa‌

Hidemichi Ishikawa

Tsuyoshi Shimoyama‌

Tsuyoshi Shimoyama

Taichiro Okura‌

Taichiro Okura

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