Isshin Tasuke: Tenka no Ichidaiji -
Second film in the Isshin Tasuke series starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. The first
film 'NOBLE TASUKE' became such a huge hit that Kinnosuke was asked to do a
sequel, reluctant at first he eventually conceided and starred in 5 of the 6
film series.
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having
lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns
that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in
order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong.
Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs
but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun
Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu
and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.
Winner of Best Actor and Best supporting Actor at the 1958
Asian-Pacific Film Festival
Director: Tadashi Sawashima
STARRING: NAKAMURA KINNOSUKE, TSUKIGATA RYUNOSUKE, OKA
SATOMI
1958 - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - COLOR - 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN -
91 MINUTES
