ICHIBAN PRESENTS: DEMONFIRE PALANQUIN

(Onibi Kago)

1957 - B/W –86 Min. - Remastered Academy Standard (4:3)

Starring: ICHIKAWA Raizo

                NAKAMURA Tamao, SHIMIZU Gen

                SAGA Michiko, HOSOKAWA Toshio

Directed by: HIROTSU Mitsuo

COURTESY OF ICHIBAN

Greedy Danjo of Rokugo clan bears down hard on the innocent Tendo clan, stealing their most fertile land and brutally murdering envoy Shinohara Hyonoshin, who tried to petition the shogunate, in front of his daughter Kotoe, who now wanders the Edo streets, driven to madness. The myst-erious rogue Tsukitaro (Ichikawa Raizo) takes an interest in the Tendo’s plight, and hides Tendo samurai Mitarai Banjiro and Shinohara Hyoma from a deadly pursuit. Tsukitaro will join their crusade with knife and sword in hand. Soon all three will be targets of Rokugo’s deadliest assassin, Yamada, and his band of swordsmen, leading to a final confrontation that may settle their vendetta with bloodshed.