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Takadanobaba Duel
Takadanobaba Duel

TAKADANOBABA DUEL

Chikemuri Takadanobaba

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, Masahiro Makino
Japan, 1937
History, Action, Comedy

Synopsis

Yasubei (Tsumasburo Bando, “Bantsuma” to film fans of thirties) is a ronin living amongst impoverished townsmen, & has come to love the vulgar masses he has fallen among. He’s devil-may-care, often drunk, likes a good fight.

Synopsis

Yasubei (Tsumasburo Bando, “Bantsuma” to film fans of thirties) is a ronin living amongst impoverished townsmen, & has come to love the vulgar masses he has fallen among. He’s devil-may-care, often drunk, likes a good fight.