The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi (1995)
Overview
Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with gamblers, prostitutes, and unscrupulous opportunists, all drawn by the smell of blood and the scent of newly-mined gold. Daikichi brings a little girl whose father has been butchered by yakuza assassins, hoping to find her family. Intrigue and violence follow the group as they must ward off a deadly female spy and a mysterious ronin with a violent past. Tension mounts as all these forces come together to unravel a secret which will unleash a wave of violence that could destroy them all.
Cast
Hiroki Matsukata
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Natsuki Okamoto
Toshihiko Tahara
Kazue Itō
Tokuma Nishioka
Akira Hamada
Seiichirō Kameishi
Takashi Noguchi
Masataka Iwao
Yûya Takayama
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Eiichi Kikuchi
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