A traveling gambler becomes duty-bound to the wife and child of the yakuza he had slain and desires to leave the criminal life for good. However, with no other skills but his sword, he is forced to hire himself out in the midst of a gang war.
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Denjirō Ōkōchi
Tokijirō Kutsukake
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Kōichi Katsuragi
Sanzō
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Nyōbō
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Denbei
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The Greatest Man in the World
Kichiro Tsuji Director · Bin Kisaragi Writer Shin Hasegawa Author
First release June 14, 1929 · Produced in Japan · Original title 沓掛時次郎
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
沓掛時次郎
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 14, 1929
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
January 29, 2010 · Theatrical · Ретроспектива: Шедевры японского немого кино
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