Evil Man of Edo

History, Drama, Comedy · 1959

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged children in a poor neighborhood. Into the mix comes a young woman running away from a forced marriage disguised as a teenage boy and becomes a student of the beloved Sensei, while he staves off the advances of a skilled pickpocket and prepares for a bloody showdown against a direct retainer of the shogun!

Starring

Michihei Muramatsu, Ryutaro Otomo, Masahiro Makino, Seiichi Suzuki, Keiko Okawa, Chizuru Kitagawa, Shintarô Miyamoto, Yoshitake Hisa, Shunji Sakai

Director

Masahiro Makino