Happily Tied to the Road
1959With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?
Acted in
Hashizo Okawa
as Hanjiro Kusama
Kyoko Aoyama
as Omon
Hiroko Sakuramachi
as Fuji
Denjirō Ōkōchi
as Kinpira
Kotaro Satomi
as Masayoshi
Haruo Tanaka
as Mishima
Shin Tokudaiji
as Fujigoro
Eitarō Shindō
as Koshuya
Akitake Kōno
as Sanemon
Shinji Oda
as Chogoro
Michisaburō Segawa
as Jiro Taro
Michimaro Otabe
as Shigesuke
Hiroshi Hatano
as Isaburo
Shinichi Hamada
as Yoshimatsu
Kensaku Hara
as Nango Shigeru
Naojiro Umemura
as Seibei
Hideo Higashi
as Takematsu
Sonosuke Sawamura
Shinnosuke Ogata
as Hirama Inudo
Kazuo Tokita
as Tokubei
Kusuo Abe
as Heijuro
Kenji Kusumoto
as Gunbei Oyamada
Ushio Akashi