
Release Date
Original Release
June 10, 1972
1h 27m
The Trail of Blood (1972)
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.
Director

Kazuo Ikehiro
Department: Directing
Cast

Yoshio Harada
Jokichi
Katsuo Nakamura
Unknown

Toru Minegishi
Unknown

Etsuko Ichihara
Unknown

Kōji Nanbara
Unknown

Kayo Matsuo
Unknown

Sanae Kitabayashi
Unknown
Maki Mizuhara
Unknown
Kaoru Kusuda
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Ryoko Nakano
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