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Incident at Blood Pass (1970)

Incident at Blood Pass (1970)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1970, April 21
Directors: Hiroshi Inagaki
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Mifune Productions, Mifune Productions
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Chūsha Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu, Ichirō Arishima, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ruriko Asaoka, Yūjirō Ishihara, Jotaro Togami, Mika Kitagawa, Ryunosuke Yamazaki

Overview:

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

Keywords:

double cross betrayal samurai sword fight bandit jidaigeki ambush ronin edo period samurai sword katana sword inn