(獄門坂の決斗)

Content: Sutematsu and Sukekichi, residents of Benten Nagaya tenement, witness a woman being thrown from a palanquin into a river and are immediately attacked by several samurai. They are saved by a fellow tenant, the ronin Ginzaburo Fujizaki. One of the assailants drops a wooden tag bearing the Onitsuta-bishi (demon ivy diamond) crest. The next morning, the woman’s body is found on the lumber dock. She is Omino, daughter of Omiya, a money exchanger in Nihonbashi.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Runtime:

74 minutes

Year:

1960

Directors:

Takao Akimoto

Actors:

Fujizaki Ginzaburo

Choji

Orin

Sutematsu

Sukekichi

Crews:

Writer

Director

Director of Photography

Music

Art Designer