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The Trail of Blood
The Trail of Blood

The Trail of Blood

6.3/10
June 10, 1972
87 minutes
Kazuo Ikehiro
Action

Overview

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

Movie Details

Release Date

June 10, 1972

Runtime

87 minutes

Director

Kazuo Ikehiro

Rating

6.3/10

Production Companies

Tokyo Eiga

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