A toy merchant with a badge-shaped hole in his heart gets dragged back into Edo's bloodiest family feud.
Hamakichi, who used to be a detective is now a toy merchant. His former boss has a grudge against the Yakuza family, which leads to the murder of a policeman in Edo. This places Hamakichi between the rock and a hard place.
Direction
Inoue frames violence like regret—inevitable and intimate.
Acting
Mikijiro Hira's weary eyes do three films' worth of exposition.
Director
Akira Inoue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Hamakichi' series chronicling a semi-fictional Edo-era detective, blending actual police history with yakuza mythmaking.
Mikijiro Hira was primarily a stage actor; this rare film role was reportedly taken to fund his theatre company.
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