The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
(1976)
Year: 1976
Runtime: 147 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 山本薩夫
Cast: 平幹二朗, 浅丘ルリ子, Отаке Шинобу, 高岡建治, Мидзухо Судзуки, 香山美子, 滝沢修, 笠井一彦, 花沢徳衛, 下條アトム
Plot
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.