Ninpō-chūshingura explained

Ninpō-Chushingura
Director:Yasuto Hasegawa
Producer:koichiro Ogura
Screenplay:Tai Kato
Koji Takada
Starring:
Music:Toshiaki Tsushima
Distributor:Toei
Runtime:83 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 1965 Japanese erotic jidaigeki film directed by Yasuto Hasegawa. The film deals with the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin.[1] It is based on Futaro Yamada's novel "Ninpō-chushingura".[2] [3] It is 3rd in Futaro Yamada's Kunoichi film series. The president of Toei company Shigeru Okada asked Sadao Nakajima who directed past 2 Futaro Yamada's Kunoichi films to direct the film but he declined the offer.[4] [5]

Plot

Mumyō Kotarō killed his betrayed fiancé Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he happens to saves Chisaka Hyōbu's daughter Oyu(She is exactly like Orie.) be attacked by ninja. Thus he stays Chisaka's residence in Yonezawa. Chisaka was just trying to stop Forty-seven rōnin's revenge against Kira Kōzuke no suke by female ninja's sexual entrapment. Chisaka asks Kotarō to lead female ninja. Kotarō accepts the request on condition of marriage to Oyu.[3] [6]

Cast

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 忍法忠臣蔵. 文化庁 映画情報システム. 19 March 2017.
  2. Web site: 忍法忠臣蔵とは. kotobank. 19 March 2017.
  3. Web site: 忍法忠臣蔵. 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟. 19 March 2017.
  4. 中島貞夫 遊撃の美学 映画監督中島貞夫 ワイズ出版 2004
  5. 山平重樹 高倉健と任侠映画 徳間書店、2015 P.284-286
  6. Web site: 忍法忠臣蔵. eiga.com. 19 March 2017.
  7. Web site: くノ一忍法. 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟. 3 November 2018.
  8. Web site: くノ一化粧. 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟. 19 March 2017.