Drama · Japan · 1951 · 1h 53m

The Life of a Horse Trader

馬喰一代

Director

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Yonetaro Katayama Machiko Kyō as Yuki Takashi Shimura as Rokutaro Kosaka Ichirō Sugai as Ogasawara Mantarō Ushio as Hikaru Hoshi as

Crew

Shigeyoshi Mine — Director of Photography Masashige Narusawa — Screenplay Keigo Kimura — Screenplay

Synopsis

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.

Key Collaborators

Keigo Kimura Director Shigeyoshi Mine Director of Photography Masashige Narusawa Screenplay Keigo Kimura Screenplay

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