Yasuo Furuhata
Director
Baian the Assassin (1981)
Overview
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.90%
Yōzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Baian Fujieda
Mayumi Ogawa
Osono
Kimie Shingyoji
Osaki
Junko Miyashita
Omon
Katsuo Nakamura
Hikojiro
Jūzō Itami
Sahei Oumiya
Susumu Fujita
Hanuemon Otowaya
Takayuki Godai
Jugoro Kosugi
Masataka Iwao
Genpachiro Isaka
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Mondo Tsuchiya
Akira Nakao
Mondonosuke
Izumi Shima
Oyumi
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Baian Fujieda
Mayumi Ogawa
Osono
Kimie Shingyoji
Osaki
Junko Miyashita
Omon
Katsuo Nakamura
Hikojiro
Jūzō Itami
Sahei Oumiya
Susumu Fujita
Hanuemon Otowaya
Takayuki Godai
Jugoro Kosugi
Masataka Iwao
Genpachiro Isaka
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Mondo Tsuchiya
Akira Nakao
Mondonosuke
Izumi Shima
Oyumi
Extra
Release Date
April 11, 1981Original Language
JapaneseBudget
$0.00Production Company
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