Evil Man of Edo

(1959)

★ 8 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: History, Drama, Comedy

Year: 1959

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Japan

Director: マキノ雅弘

Cast: 大友柳太朗, 大川恵子, 喜多川千鶴, 堺駿二, 山形勲, 田崎潤, 河津清三郎, 三島雅夫, 加賀邦男, Sumiko Kaji

Plot

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!