Araki Mataemon was a very strong warrior, and his feud against the samurai Kawai Matagorō is one of the most famous in Japan. Matagoro killed Gendayu, the little brother of Mataemon's brother in law, Watanabe Kazuma. Becoming a murderer out of jealousy for a childhood friend, Matagoro fled in another domain, using friends of his father and his lineage linked to Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was somehow a complicated matter, as it seems at that time, a law from Toyotomi Hideyoshi allowed a little brother taking revenge for his elder brother, but not the reverse. After some years, the lord of Kazuma and Mataemon found a way, and they were allowed to take revenge for the murder. They fought and killed Matagoro and just one other samurai who was helping the culprit. It seems at that time, Kazuma was Mataemon's only assistant.
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Jusaburô Ichikawa
Also in
Iso-no-genta's Sword
Ogasawara Ikinokami
Saemon Kataoka
Also in
Maboroshi-jô no bakeneko
Kaiki warau neko
Mitsusaburō Ramon
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Ugetsu
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Kyoko Sakurai
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Botan to no kî
Araki Mataemon, parts 1 and 2
Kuwaisuke Shiba
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Araki Mataemon, parts 1 and 2
Kumahiko Nishina Director · Kiyohiko Itama Screenplay
First release May 30, 1935 · Produced in Japan · Original title 荒木又右衛門
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Japan
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Original title
荒木又右衛門
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Japanese
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Japanese
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Japan · May 30, 1935
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