Year: 1937
Runtime: 86 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Sadao Yamanaka
In the slums of Edo Japan, a ronin hopes his deceased father’s former master will hire him, while a disgraced hairdresser, seeking to restore his pride, kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker who is about to be married, pulling both men onto intersecting, perilous paths.
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