The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi
MovieTitle | 素浪人花山大吉 |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jun 30, 1995 |
Genre | Drama, Action, Comedy, History |
Director | Tōru Murakawa |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Toei Company, TV Asahi |
Run time | 95 min. |
Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with gamblers, prostitutes, and unscrupulous opportunists, all drawn by the smell of blood and the scent of newly-mined gold. Daikichi brings a little girl whose father has been butchered by yakuza assassins, hoping to find her family. Intrigue and violence follow the group as they must ward off a deadly female spy and a mysterious ronin with a violent past. Tension mounts as all these forces come together to unravel a secret which will unleash a wave of violence that could destroy them all.