Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968)
Synopsis
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
Release Date: 1968-10-25
Runtime: 109 minutes
Director: Tomu Uchida
Top Cast
- Koji Tsuruta as
- Tomisaburō Wakayama as
- Sumiko Fuji as
- Ken Takakura as
- Takeya Nakamura as
- Minoru Ōki as
- Kinzō Shin as
- Bin Amatsu as
- Rinichi Yamamoto as
- Kunio Murai as
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s):
Trailers & Videos
Images & Backdrops
No additional images or backdrops found.
Where to Watch
No watch providers found for this movie in TW.