In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.
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Cast
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Sadashichi
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Komaki Kurihara
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Wakako Sakai
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Yohei
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Kei Yamamoto
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Ichirō Nakatani
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Yōsuke Kondō
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Yūsuke Takita
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Masaki Kobayashi Director · Yasuko Miyazaki Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Author
First release September 11, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Production Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Production
TOHO
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Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
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Japan
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Original title
いのちぼうにふろう
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 11, 1971
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No release date listed for United States.
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