A bandit with a heart of tarnished gold finally breaks his own rules—and his own heart.
Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But one day, after talking to a young one-armed homeless girl, he decides to break up his gang and turn himself in.
Acting
Baijaku Nakamura's weary dignity carries every frame
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Edo streets that breathe with regret
Writing
Economic dialogue that weighs like a death sentence
Director
Akira Inoue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Night Rabbit's three rules echo actual Edo-period bandit codes (ninkyo), romanticized in postwar cinema as noble outlaw ethics.
Director Inoue frames Kakuemon's final walk through empty streets as inverted procession—death of reputation before death of body.
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