A ronin actor foils a gold heist with nothing but charm and a very convincing disguise.
The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin actor Kasumi Ippei intervenes in a planned robbery of the mint, where gold coins are minted for the Shogunate.
Acting
Takada plays a man playing everyone else—meta before meta was cool.
Production
Mint-set heist on 1961 Japanese studio budget: surprisingly slick.
Director
Toshikazu Kono
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kokichi Takada was a former opera singer who pivoted to jidaigeki, bringing deliberately theatrical physicality to swordplay that annoyed purists but delighted audiences.
Tomisaburō Wakayama appears in a minor role here—five years before becoming the iconic blind swordsman Zatoichi's nemesis in the long-running series.
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