VENGEANCE IS A GREAT BUSINESS (2001) Price: $12.99
Description:
Sukedachi Ya Sukeroku (aka: Vengeance For Sale) - Veteran
filmmaker Kihachi Okamoto revives his similarly named 1960s television series
about happy-go-lucky avenger-for-hire Sukeroku who prefers to brandish a wooden
pole or a rope rather than a sword.
When Sukeroku returns to his home in the mountainous Joshu
region after a seven-year absence to visit his mother's grave. He quickly
encounters not only his old flame Osen -- who is still clearly in love with him
-- but also his boyhood rival Taro -- who tells him that local samurai Katakura
is the target of revenge.
Sukeroku tries to get hired as one of the avengers but is told
that four professionals have already been hired for the job. When the dignified
Katakura meets his fate, Sukeroku begins to plot revenge of a more personal
kind.
A wonderful throwback to those memorably offbeat Samurai films
of the mid-sixties, but with superb set design, photography, and acting,
guaranteed to keep an audience delighted and surprised.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Tatsuya Nakadai
2001 - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - COLOR - 16:9
ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 88 MINUTES
