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Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba

12/31/1937

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0hr 57min

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Action

,Comedy

,Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tsumasaburō Bandō
  • Takashi Shimura
  • Tokumaro Dan
  • Ryōsuke Kagawa
  • Chiyoko Ôkura

    Directors

  • Masahiro Makino
  • Hiroshi Inagaki

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Nikkatsu Corporation

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Tsumasaburō Bandō

Yasubei Nakayama

Takashi Shimura

Takusan

Tokumaro Dan

Genjihei Segawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Rokuzaemon Sugano

Chiyoko Ôkura

Otae

Momonosuke Ichikawa

Kumako

Shunzaburo Iba

Tengan

Komako Hara

Osai

Shojiro Ichikawa

Sannosuke Fujikawa

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