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Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba( 1937)

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The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushingura) as Horibe Yasubei. But Makino and Inagaki’s version gives no hint of this more serious future, playing up the thrills and the comedy with Bando’s bravura performance. The multiple pans of Yasubei running to the duel are an exemplar of the experimental flourishes of 1930s Japanese cinema and the final duel, performed virtually like a dance number, is a marker of Makino’s love of rhythm and one of the best sword fights in Japanese film history. The film was originally released under the title Chikemuri Takadanoba (Bloody Takadanobaba) with a length of 57 minutes, but suffered some cuts and a title change when it was re-released in 1952.

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      Tsumasaburō Bandō

      Yasubei Nakayama

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      Takashi Shimura

      Takusan

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      Tokumaro Dan

      Genjihei Segawa

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      Ryōsuke Kagawa

      Rokuzaemon Sugano

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      Chiyoko Ôkura

      Otae

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      Momonosuke Ichikawa

      Kumako

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      Shunzaburo Iba

      Tengan

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      Komako Hara

      Osai

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      Shojiro Ichikawa

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      Sannosuke Fujikawa

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      Yuzure Kume

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      Michisaburō Segawa

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      Kajō Onoe

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      Kunitaro Bando

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      Shôen Kataoka

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      Teruo Shimada

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      Tokumaro Ban

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      Kotaro Nifuda

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      Tominosuke Hayama

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      Fumio Wakamatsu

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      Takeo Minato

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      Kazushi Seto

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      Hidemichi Ishikawa

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      Tsuyoshi Shimoyama

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      Taichiro Okura

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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