A righteous cop plays deadliest snitch in Edo-era prison—shogun's head rolls next.
Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken for a snitch and about to be beaten up when he was saved by the quick thinking of a ferryman Sanji. The infiltration is the plan of Samon and chief elder Abe Isenokami, who has asked Samon to obtain smuggling evidence against shipping whole retailers Kawachiya Senemon and his son Sennosuke.
Direction
Tanaka's claustrophobic prison corridors sweat tension.
Acting
Harada's simmering nobility vs. Ishibashi's coiled menace.
Director
Tokuzō Tanaka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jutte records were actual Edo-period police case files, making this fictionalized history feel illegally authentic.
Tanaka directed 10 Zatoichi films; this prison's vertical architecture directly echoes the blind swordsman's trapped stairwells.
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