Kanto Wanderer
Kantô mushuku, Kanto Wanderer, feature film, 1963.
DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki
CAST:
Akira Kobayashi (Katsura),
Chieko Matsubara (Tokiko),
Daizaburo Hirata (Daiyamondo no Fuyu),
Hiroko Itô (gđa. Hachi),
Sanae Nakahara (Yamada Hanako)
SCRIPT:
Yasutaro Yagi (prema romanu Taiko Hirabayashi)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Shigeyoshi Mine
Synopsis:
Katsura is a member of the formerly powerful yakuza clan in charge of card gambling. However, people’s tastes change and horse gambling becomes more and more popular. Consequently, the clan’s power is fading along with its profits. Directly below the main boss, Katsura is worried by the fact that his superiors are more worried about the lack of money than the loss of honor that the clan is experiencing. His loyalty to traditional yakuza values affects his own and the clan’s future.
16 mm, color, 92 min