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Street of Ronin
Genres
ActionAdventure
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1957-04-03
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Jūshirō Konoe
Seizaburō Kawazu
Susumu Fujita
Yatarō Kitagami
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Mieko Takamine
Machiko Mizuhara
Kurumi Yamabato
Chizuko Nogami
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Gen Shimizu
Kenji Mori
Choji Oka
Kenzō Tanaka
Hideo Hongo
Noboru Umezawa
Fortune-teller
Ichirō Izumi
Retired person
Toshie Nakajima
Omasa
Takeshi Osada
Kyunojô Shibamori
Naojiro Umemura
Mansuke Nakama
Isamu Sakurai
Obata's retainer
Reizaburo Umewaka
Young master
Morie Ishida
Palanquin bearer
Haruji Inoue
Painter Eizan
Jirô Môri
Samurai from Sakushû
Shigeo Shizuyama
Mask maker
Yoshihiko Uemura
Palanquin bearer
Saburō Nagaoka
Hatamoto
Giichi Okaichi
Hatamoto
Ichirô Fushimi
Hatamoto
Yoshiya Fujiyama
Hatamoto
Ryô Miyadzu
Hatamoto
Hisano Yamato
Woman at tea-stall
Fusako Suzuki
Woman at tea-stall
Kazuko Futaba
Woman at hot bath
Michiyo Azuma
Woman at hot bath
Teruko Mikasa
Woman at hot bath
Toshiko Uno
Woman at hot bath
Mihoko Kawahara
Chambermaid
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