Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.
Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.
Muneyama
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence. Naruse employed a delicately structured mise-en-scene in this family melodrama, which evokes the work of Josef von Sternberg.
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阪東妻三郎の無声映画時代を代表する傑作チャンバラ時代劇。実直な道場の師範代が善意で行動したことが誤解され、友人にも裏切られ浪人にまで落ちぶれる。やがて追い詰められた彼は、怒りを爆発させ、追手を斬って斬って斬りまくる。
