Slaughter in the Snow
1973 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae? Sequel of "The Fearless Avenger" movie.
Direction Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast Hajime Araki · Kai Ato · Takamori Gen · Yoshio Harada · Toshio Hosoi · Renji Ishibashi · Kusuo Kita · Akiyoshi Kitaura · Hachirô Misumi · Hirasawa Nabuo · Isao Natsuyagi · Setsuko Ogawa · Michiyo Oguso · Tamotsu Tamura · Kôji Tsutsui · Iwaki Yoshijiro
Soundtrack Takeo Watanabe
Screenplay Kazuo Ikehiro · Saho Sasazawa
Cinematography Kôzô Okazaki
Original title Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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