A broke samurai with opinions, a yakuza with a crush, and a daughter caught in the middle. What could go wrong?
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.
Direction
Makino's genre-hopping energy from silent cinema to talkies.
Acting
Koji Tsuruta's weary dignity as the principled but broke samurai.
Production
Toei's 1950s studio craft on modest means.
Director
Masahiro Makino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Masahiro Makino directed over 260 films; this was one of many 1954 releases in his prolific Toei period. FREE
The film captures the fading jidaigeki boom as television began devouring the genre's audience. FREE
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