Nakayama shichiri

Nakayama shichiri

🎞️ Movie 87 min JP
โ˜… 7.1 /10 1962

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stricken by the fact that Oshima committed suicide. Going underground in the gambling world, perpetually hiding from the law, Masa eventually meets a young woman named Onaka, who looks exactly like Oshima. Tales having two look-alike heroines are a commonplace in Japanese period films, a plot affectation inherited from the kabuki theater. Based on a novel by Shin Hasegawa, Nakayama shichiri was already twice filmed in 1930, one version directed by Namio Ochiai, and from which less than 40 minutes survive, the other directed by Kyotaro Namiki. Both are silent films, preserved by the Makino film institute.

Cast

Raizô Ichikawa
Raizô Ichikawa
Masakichi at Kiba
Tamao Nakamura
Tamao Nakamura
Oshima
Tamao Nakamura
Tamao Nakamura
Onaka
Kôichi Ôse
Kôichi Ôse
Tokunosuke
Eijirô Yanagi
Eijirô Yanagi
Yasugoro
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Koh Sugita
Tohachi
Nakajirō Tomita
Nakajirō Tomita
Torataro
Sônosuke Sawamura
Sônosuke Sawamura
Giju
Hisako Takihana
Hisako Takihana
Oka
Saburô Date
Saburô Date
Yaichi
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Teruko Ômi
Kane
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Tetsuo Tsukahara
Composer
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Senkichirō Takeda
Cinematographer