
Movie
The Trail of Blood
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.
Directed byKazuo Ikehiro
Cast

Yoshio Harada
Jokichi
Katsuo Nakamura

Toru Minegishi

Etsuko Ichihara

Kōji Nanbara

Kayo Matsuo

Sanae Kitabayashi
Maki Mizuhara
Kaoru Kusuda

Ryoko Nakano
Rakoji Nanbara

Saburo Date
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