Movie Description
仕掛人梅安
(1981)Overview
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.
Cast
Baian Fujieda
Osono
Osaki
Omon
Hikojiro
Sahei Oumiya
Hanuemon Otowaya
Jugoro Kosugi
Genpachiro Isaka
Mondo Tsuchiya
Mondonosuke
Oyumi
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Facts
Original Title仕掛人梅安
Status Released
Release Information
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1981-04-11
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 40m
Production CompaniesToei Company
Genres
- Action
- Drama


































