The Swordsman and the Actress

Drama · 1955

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose possession, for convoluted reasons, will determine the clan's leadership. Sword-slinging bad guys descend to capture the fan, and Koharu embarks on a road trip to Edo to return the MacGuffin to the rightful hands of Lady Okyo.

Starring

Yasushi Sasaki, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Shintarô Miyamoto, Hibari Misora, Takatoshi Suzuki, Tatsuo Nakada, Ryutaro Otomo, Michiko Ôe, Shigeji Nakayama

Director

Yasushi Sasaki