The Bride and the Treasure

The Bride and the Treasure

1956 · 86 min

Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called "Kitsutsuki," but let three, including the rōnin Daikoku Yajūrō, Tengai Omachi, and Kasumi no Seiji, escape. Among the captured who were exiled, Genta and Kakuroku broke out and returned to Edo to reorganize the Kitsutsuki gang, starting to wreak havoc in the city. Due to the brutal methods used, Den Shichi suspected Yajūrō and Omachi had rejoined the gang. One day, a child who saw a hairdresser resembling Den Shichi, named Kiyoshi, reported to him. Kiyoshi, trusted by the moneychanger Yamano-ya, frequented by Den Shichi's wife Oshun, was rumored to be in love with Yamano-ya's daughter Oiku. In fact, Kiyoshi was Kasumi no Seiji, now living an honest life.

Directed by Seiichi Fukuda

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Kōkichi Takada 黒門町の伝七
Mitsuko Kusabue お俊
Junzaburō Ban 獅子ッ鼻の竹
Kōkichi Takada 清吉（霞の清次）
Masanori Takeda 山野屋治右衛門
Yukiko Ibuki 娘おいく
Sachiko Atami 養女お鶴
Eiichi Nozawa きつつき甚内
Jūshirō Konoe 大黒弥十郎
Shinobu Asaji てんがいお町
Jotaro Togami 源太
Shuhei Yamada 嘉六

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