Slaughter in the Snow (1973) [N/A]
Release Date:
June 8, 1973
Original Title:
無宿人御子神の丈吉 黄昏に閃光が飛んだ
Alternate Titles:
Mikogami Mushukunin's Jokichi - A Flying Flash at Sunset
Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Tasogare ni Senko ga Tonda
Genres:
Action
Production Companies:
Tokyo Eiga
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 83
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?