Release Date

11 Apr, 1981

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.

Original Title

仕掛人梅安

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Actors

萬屋錦之介

小川眞由美

真行寺君枝

宮下順子

中村嘉葎雄

伊丹十三

藤田進

五代高之

岩尾正隆

御木本伸介

中尾彬

志麻いづみ

Crew

田中陽造

志村正浩

降旗康男

池波正太郎

宮島義勇