History ·Drama ·Action · Japan · 1955 · 1h 24m

The Swordsman and the Actress

大江戸千両囃子

Director

Cast

Chiyonosuke Azuma as Hibari Misora as Ryutaro Otomo as Michiko Ôe as Yoshiko Yashioji as Chie Ueki as

Crew

Ko Matsui — Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto — Editor Tadashi Manjome — Original Music Composer Tatsuo Nakada — Screenplay

Synopsis

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose possession, for convoluted reasons, will determine the clan's leadership. Sword-slinging bad guys descend to capture the fan, and Koharu embarks on a road trip to Edo to return the MacGuffin to the rightful hands of Lady Okyo.

Key Collaborators

Yasushi Sasaki Director Ko Matsui Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto Editor Tadashi Manjome Original Music Composer Tatsuo Nakada Screenplay

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