A gambling boss bets everything on love, honor, and surviving the chaos of 19th-century Japan.
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Yoshimoto's lender, and Kanehira Akagi, the older brother of the former loan of Mishima, played a challenge. It is said to open the ladies' room to the settlement of Wada island. Although Jiro headed to Shigetsugu for arbitration, he was forced to surrender. In such a case, Jiro became chased by Kinpei and others.
Acting
Kinnosuke Nakamura's smoldering restraint as the doomed romantic boss.
Direction
Masahiro Makino stages chaos like a kabuki fever dream.
Director
Masahiro Makino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jirocho was a real gambling boss who became a folk hero in Tokai region legends, with over 30 films made about him by 1961.
Masahiro Makino directed so many Jirocho films he practically owned the character; this was his attempt to 'youngify' the legend for new audiences.
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