Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba

Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)


  • Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1937-12-31
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Directors: Hiroshi Inagaki, Masahiro Makino.
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Summary

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

    as Yasubei Nakayama
  • Takashi Shimura

    as Takusan
  • Tokumaro Dan

    as Genjihei Segawa
  • Ryōsuke Kagawa

    as Rokuzaemon Sugano
  • Chiyoko Ôkura

    as Otae
  • Momonosuke Ichikawa

    as Kumako
  • Shunzaburo Iba

    as Tengan
  • Komako Hara

    as Osai
  • Shojiro Ichikawa

    as
  • Sannosuke Fujikawa

    as
  • Yuzure Kume

    as
  • Michisaburō Segawa

    as
  • Kajō Onoe

    as
  • Kunitaro Bando

    as
  • Shôen Kataoka

    as
  • Teruo Shimada

    as
  • Tokumaro Ban

    as
  • Kotaro Nifuda

    as
  • Tominosuke Hayama

    as
  • Fumio Wakamatsu

    as
  • Takeo Minato

    as
  • Kazushi Seto

    as
  • Hidemichi Ishikawa

    as
  • Tsuyoshi Shimoyama

    as
  • Taichiro Okura

    as
Sound Yukio Kaihara Sound Recordist
Writing Maki Tozo Screenplay
Sound Ban Takahashi Music
Writing Maki Tozo Original Story
Directing Hiroshi Inagaki Director
Directing Masahiro Makino Director
Crew Rokusaburô Mitsui Cinematography
Crew Hideo Ishimoto Cinematography

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