The Trail of Blood

The Trail of Blood

6.3

1972-06-10

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

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The Trail of Blood

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Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

Released

1972-06-10

Runtime

87

Director

Kazuo Ikehiro

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Action

Language

日本語

Production

Tokyo Eiga

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    Yoshio Harada

    原田芳雄
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    Katsuo Nakamura

    中村嘉葎雄
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    Toru Minegishi

    峰岸徹
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    Etsuko Ichihara

    市原悦子
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    Kōji Nanbara

    南原宏治
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    Kayo Matsuo

    松尾嘉代
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    Sanae Kitabayashi

    北林早苗
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    Maki Mizuhara

    Maki Mizuhara
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    Kaoru Kusuda

    楠田薫
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    Ryoko Nakano

    中野良子
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    Rakoji Nanbara

    Rakoji Nanbara
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    Saburo Date

    伊達三郎
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    Atsuo Nakamura

    中村敦夫
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    Ryōhei Uchida

    内田良平
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    Kantarō Suga

    菅貫太郎
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    Tokue Hanazawa

    花沢徳衛
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    Gen Shimizu

    清水元
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    Shiro Kuno

    Shiro Kuno
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    Hisao Toake

    十朱久雄
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    Kōichi Uenoyama

    上野山功一
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    Ikio Sawamura

    沢村いき雄
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    Chikara Hashimoto

    橋本力
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    Kôji Tsutsui

    Kôji Tsutsui
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    Takeo Kamura

    Takeo Kamura
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    Kai Ato

    阿藤快
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    Saho Sasazawa

    笹沢左保