Film

Chutaro of Banba

1955 · 1h 26m · Drama · Action · Adventure

IMDb

6.3

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Yōko Katsuragi

Hisaya Morishige

Yōnosuke Toba

Kusuo Abe

Ichirō Izawa

Kōji Mitsui

Hisako Takihana

Sanae Mitsuoka

Otose

Kikuko Hanaoka

Tetsu Tsuboi

Kyōzō Fuyuki

Isuzu Yamada

• Nobuo NakagawaDirector
• Shintarō MimuraScreenplay
• Kagai OkadoDirector of Photography
• Hidetoshi KasamaEditor

Release date

March 29, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama, Action, Adventure