Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tsumasaburō Bandō
阪東妻三郎

Yasubei Nakayama

Takashi Shimura
志村喬

Takusan

Tokumaro Dan
團徳麿

Genjihei Segawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa
香川良介

Rokuzaemon Sugano

Chiyoko Ôkura
大倉千代子

Otae

Momonosuke Ichikawa
市川百々之助

Kumako

Shunzaburo Iba
Shunzaburo Iba

Tengan

Komako Hara
原駒子

Osai

Shojiro Ichikawa
Shojiro Ichikawa

Sannosuke Fujikawa
藤川三之祐

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    血煙高田の馬場

  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1937-12-31

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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    日本語

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