Movie
Duel at Gokumon-zaka
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.
Director:
Takao Akimoto
Top Cast
Jūshirō Konoe
Fujizaki Ginzaburo
Kichiya Bando
Choji
Hiromi Hanazono
Orin
A-suke Akita
Sutematsu
B-suke Akita
Sukekichi
Kensaku Hara
Sakakibara Mondo-no-kami
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Niiyama Gendayu
Toshiko Fujita
Shizu
Kenjiro Uemura
Onimoto Kannokuro
Ryūzaburō Nakamura
Todo Takatada
Kinichi Hanabusa
Kanta
Kazuo Tokita
Masakichi