Happily Tied to the Road (1959)
With 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?
Director:
Yasushi Sasaki
Writer:
Yoshitake Hisa
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Hashizo Ōkawa as Hanjiro Kusama |
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Kyoko Aoyama as Omon |
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Hiroko Sakuramachi as Fuji |
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Kinpira |
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Kōtarō Satomi as Masayoshi |
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Haruo Tanaka as Mishima |
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Shin Tokudaiji as Fujigoro |
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Eitarō Shindō as Koshuya |
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Akitake Kōno as Sanemon |
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Shinji Oda as Chogoro |
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Michisaburō Segawa as Jiro Taro |
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Michimaro Otabe as Shigesuke |
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Hiroshi Hatano as Isaburo |
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Shinichi Hamada as Yoshimatsu |
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Kensaku Hara as Nango Shigeru |
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Naojiro Umemura as Seibei |
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Hideo Higashi as Takematsu |
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Sonosuke Sawamura as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as Hirama Inudo |
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Kazuo Tokita as Tokubei |
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Kusuo Abe as Heijuro |
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Kenji Kusumoto as Gunbei Oyamada |
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Ushio Akashi as |
| Sound | Sadamitsu Ishihara | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Lighting | Kenichi Tanabe | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Nagaki Yamagishi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yoshitake Hisa | Screenplay |
| Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Choshiro Katsura | Art Direction |
| Directing | Yasushi Sasaki | Director |