[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.
Genre: Action
Stars: Raizō Ichikawa, Michiyo Yasuda, Manami Fuji, Yūnosuke Itō, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Ryūtarō Gomi
Crew: Kazuo Ikehiro (Director), Shozo Tanaka (Director of Photography), Takeo Watanabe (Original Music Composer), Yukio Kaihara (Sound), Hajime Takaiwa (Screenplay), Seiichi Ôta (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Daiei Film
Runtime: 86 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 10, 1966
IMDb: 4.6
