Passion Fire

Passion Fire

1952 · 109 min · Drama

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen fled to Edo. Local officials like Yoshida Bunsuke and Yoshizumi Hironoshin showed their allegiance by welcoming them. The commander at the time, Umemura Hayami, was a former member of the Tengu Party and had previously been pursued in the town. He took refuge in a restaurant named Kabuya, and owing to a tip-off from a woman named Oraku, he was almost captured for her lover, Yoshizumi. Oraku and Yoshizumi probably feared revenge from that previous encounter, but Umemura had come back to Hida because he couldn't forget Oraku.

Directed by Hideo Ōba · Written by Hyōgo Suzuki

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Masao Wakahara 梅村速水
Michiyo Kogure 合羽屋おらく
Hizuru Takachiho つる
So Yamamura 奥田金馬太郎
Minoru Ōki 郷土弥平
Daijiro Natsukawa 吉住弘之進
Eijirō Yanagi 吉田文助
Hisano Yamato 文助の妻
Hiroshi Aoyama 押上屋
Kodayu Ichikawa 新見内膳
Kunitaro Sawamura 東征軍隊長大村
Joji Kaieda 脇田

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