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Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in order to keep from getting himself killed by the prisoners, too. Co-starring some of the biggest name in movies at the time, including Kataoka Chiezo and Tanba Tetsuro this film is loaded with surprises. From the opening moments when prisoners carry out their own form of justice, killing a crooked ex-constable, it is clear that this is the work of a visionary filmmaker.Read moreLess
Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in order to keep from getting himself killed by the prisoners, too. Co-starring some of the biggest name in movies at the time, including Kataoka Chiezo and Tanba Tetsuro this film is loaded with surprises. From the opening moments when prisoners carry out their own form of justice, killing a crooked ex-constable, it is clear that this is the work of a visionary filmmaker.
The story
Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in order to keep from getting himself killed by the prisoners, too. Co-starring some of the biggest name in movies at the time, including Kataoka Chiezo and Tanba Tetsuro this film is loaded with surprises. From the opening moments when prisoners carry out their own form of justice, killing a crooked ex-constable, it is clear that this is the work of a visionary filmmaker.
Cast & crew
Hashizo ŌkawaCast
Chiezo KataokaCast
Yukiji AsaokaCast
Tetsuro TambaCast
Naoki SugiuraCast
Tōru AbeCast
Yoshirō AokiCast
Kenji UshioCast
Kenji ImaiCast
Kyōsuke MachidaCast
Michimaro OtabeCast
Ichirō IzawaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Teruo Ishii
- Screenplay
- Tatsuo Nogami
- Screenplay
- Teruo Ishii
- Original Music Composer
- Masao Yagi
- Editor
- Katsumi Kawai
- Director of Photography
- Takeo Waki