Baian the Assassin

Overview

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 11, 1981

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Jūzō Itami,Kimie Shingyoji,Kinnosuke Nakamura,Katsuo Nakamura,Shinsuke Mikimoto,Akira Nakao,Takayuki Godai,Masataka Iwao,Junko Miyashita,Izumi Shimaand 2 more

Director

Yasuo Furuhata

Writer

Yōzō Tanaka,Shotaro Ikenami,Seiko Shimura

Cinematography

Yoshio Miyajima

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0227486