During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of these ruthless samruai was Mizuno Jirozaemon, who despite his high rank was in deep financial distress, thus leading to a tragedy that shook the very streets of the city.Opposing him was Banzui-in Chobei, the ‘Protector of the Weak’ who was willing to put his life on the line to save the 808 districts of Edo from the 80,000 hatamoto whose violent behavior threatened to destroy the fabric of society. Starring Bando Tsumasaburo, the first great star of the silver screen along with mega-star Ichikawa Utaemon, this is a story not to be missed. Torn from the pages of history, this true story has been told many times, but never as powerfully as this!
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Tsumasaburō Bandō as Banzuin Chobei
Utaemon Ichikawa as Jurozaemon Mizuno
Isuzu Yamada as Okane, Chobei's wife
Kōkichi Takada as Takamisawa
Masao Mishima as Tonosuke Kondo
Kusuo Abe as Yume no Ichirobei
Toshiko Ayukawa as Katsu, town geisha
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII as
Kawarasaki Gonzaburo as Mizuki Ayame
Kogiku Hanayagi as Oiran Komurasaki
Kodayu Ichikawa as Matsudaira Izu-no-kami
Joji Kaida as Naruse (Shogun's envoy)
Gonjurô Kawarazaki as
Kōji Mitsui as Kodaira
Mitsuo Nagata as Dejiri Seibei
Ryutaro Otomo as
Kazunari Motomatsu as Itarō Segare
Eitarō Shindō as Gonhei
Yoshito Yamaji as Tsunaemon Watanabe
Reizaburo Yamamoto as Hikozaemon Okubo
Mieko Takamine as Okinu
Yōko Wakasugi as Servant Ohatsu
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Sogoro
Teiji Takahashi as Shirai
Kyōko Kusajima as Nakai
Saeko Ozuki as Daughter Myohime
Hiroyuki Nagato as
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