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In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 8, 1973
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Ltd.,Tokyo Eiga Co.,Tokyo Eiga
- Cast
- Iwaki Yoshijiro,Michiyo Yasuda,Gen Takamori,Setsuko Ogawa,Hachiro Misumi,Toshio Hosoi,Hajime Araki,Kôji Tsutsui,Hirasawa Nabuo,Tamotsu Tamuraand 6 more
- Director
- Kazuo Ikehiro
- Producer
- Kikumaru Okuda
- Cinematography
- Kōzō Okazaki
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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