The Swordsman and the Actress
Movie| Title | 大江戸千両囃子 |
| User score | 5 |
| Release date | Jan 9, 1955 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Yasushi Sasaki |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | Toei Company |
| Run time | 84 min. |
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.
