The Rambling Guitarist
6.4
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
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Part of The Rambler Series
9 films
The Rambling Guitarist
Movie · 1959
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Movie · 1960
Return of the Vagabond
Movie · 1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
Movie · 1960
The Rambler Rides Again
Movie · 1960
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Movie · 1961
Rambling in the Sea
Movie · 1961
The Rambler Goes North
Movie · 1962
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Movie · 1962
Cast
37 people
Akira Kobayashi
Taki
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Joe Shishido
George
Known for
Branded to Kill
Youth of the Beast
Buichi Saitō
Also in
Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub
Kenzaburo Hara
Hideo Koi
Mitsuo Kondô
Ruriko Asaoka
Yuki
Known for
Goyokin
Ei Ogawa
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Also in
Nowhere Man
Nobuo Kaneko
Akitsu
Known for
Ikiru
Shōgun
Kuratarô Takamura
Hara Yamazaki
Buichi Saitō Director · Kenzaburo Hara Screenplay Ei Ogawa Story
United States release January 26, 2016 · Produced in Japan · Original title ギターを持った渡り鳥
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ギターを持った渡り鳥
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 11, 1959
Theatrical
United States · January 26, 2016
Blu-ray premiere
South Korea
October 8, 2011 · Pusan International Film Festival
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