快盗三人吉三
On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi for committing an illicit act with a woman. While this was happening, an extravagant procession led by another monk named Nikkei passed over the bridge. Nikkei, the head of the Kanouin temple, in collusion with Nakano Harima-no-Kami, had schemed to make his younger sister, Miyoshi, the Shogun's mistress and aimed to transform Kanouin into the Shogun's family temple. To fund the renovations, Nikkei accepted bribes from a corrupt merchant named Koya Bunzo.
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Eiji Wakasugi
弁長
Also in
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Secret Play
Yatarō Kitagami
安森吉三郎
Also in
Okatsu the Fugitive
Street of Ronin
Senjaku Nakamura
木屋吉三
Also in
The Living Koheiji
Last Days of the Samurai
Tamao Nakamura
木屋吉三（少年時代）
Known for
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Yuriko Kusama
お島
Also in
Monster with Twenty Faces
The Bronze Monster
Kuniko Igawa
弥生
Known for
Early Summer
Twenty-Four Eyes
Michiko Saga
おとせ
Known for
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Mitsuru Chiaki
おゆき
Also in
Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs
Yatsuhaka-mura
Tomie Kawakami
およね
Also in
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Chieko Naniwa
小紫の局
Known for
Throne of Blood
Sansho the Bailiff
Reiko Kitami
粂村
Also in
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
晴姿稚児の剣法
Kyōko Kusajima
萩乃
Known for
The Life of Oharu
Taizō Fuyushima Director · Tokuhei Wakao Screenplay Tadaoto Kainoshō Costume designer
First release April 21, 1954 · Produced in Japan
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 21, 1954
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No release date listed for United States.
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