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The Trail of Blood (1972) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 10, 1972

Original Title:
無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた

Alternate Titles:
Mikogami Mushukunin's Jokichi - Split Tusk
Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita

Genres:
Action

Production Companies:
Tokyo Eiga

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 87

Overview from TheMovieDB

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

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Production

Art Direction:
Motoji Kojima

Director:
Kazuo Ikehiro

Director of Photography:
Yasushi Ichihara
Kazuo Miyagawa

Editor:
Michio Suwa

Lighting Technician:
Chihiro Imaizumi

Original Music Composer:
Takeo Watanabe

Original Story:
Saho Sasazawa

Producer:
Kikumaru Okuda

Screenplay:
Itsuhiro Ishimatsu

Sound Recordist:
Toshio Harashima

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