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.
Japanese drama film.
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
The rise of the famed gambler.
