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Happily Tied to the Road (1959)

Happily Tied to the Road (1959)

Drama
Release Date: 1959, April 21
Directors: Yasushi Sasaki
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company, Toei Company
Cast: Haruo Tanaka, Kusuo Abe, Kyoko Aoyama, Kōtarō Satomi, Eitarō Shindō, Michimaro Otabe, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Michisaburō Segawa, Akitake Kōno, Shinnosuke Ogata, Shinji Oda, Hiroshi Hatano

Overview:

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?