
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Mikijiro Hira
Yugaku Ohara

Ruriko Asaoka

Shinobu Ôtake
Kenji Takaoka

Mizuho Suzuki

Yoshiko Kayama

Osamu Takizawa

Kazuhiko Kasai

Tokue Hanazawa

Atom Shimojo

Hiroko Machida
Yoshiko Maki

Fudeko Tanaka

Jun Etoh

Hajime Hana
Naomi Shiraishi

Takeshi Katō

Etsushi Takahashi

Akane Kawasaki
Hitoshi Ōmae

Takeshi Kusaka

Jūkei Fujioka
Crew
Director of Photography
Assistant Director
Production Design
Writer
Editor
Director
Sound
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Details
Release Date
1976-11-13
Runtime
147 min
Original Language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Zen-no-ei
Countries
Japan
Genres
History
Drama