The Wandering Guitarist Explained

The Wandering Guitarist^[1]
Director:	Buichi Saitō
Screenplay:	Gan Yamazaki, Kenzaburō Hara
Music:	Taichiro Kosugi
Cinematography:	Kuratarō Takamura
Distributor:	Nikkatsu
Runtime:	78 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1959 Japanese action and yakuza film directed by Buichi Saitō.^{[2] [3]} It stars Akira Kobayashi.^[4] The Wandering Guitarist is the first film of Akira Kobayashi and Buichi Saitō's Wataridori series.^{[5] [6] [7]} The film made Akira Kobayashi a star and he gained national popularity.^[8]

Plot

• Source:^[9]

Shinji Taki is a former detective but now he is a vagabond with a guitar. In the port town he visits, Taki saves a yakuza of the Akitsu clan at a bar fight and he is hired as a bouncer of the Akitsu clan. Akitsu orders Taki to evict the inhabitants for the development of the town.

Cast

• Source:^[10]
• Akira Kobayashi as Shinji Taki
• Ruriko Asaoka as Yuki Akitsu
• Joe Shishido as Joe
• Nobuo Kaneko as Reizaburō Akitsu (Head of the Akitsu clan)
• Sanae Nakahara as Shōji Sumiko
• Misako Watanabe as Rie
• Kyōji Aoyama as Yasukawa
• Tomio Aoki as Tetsu

Wataridori series

• Kuchibue ga Nagareru Minatomachi (1960)^[11]
• Naked Youth -A Story of Cruelty (1960)^[12]
• Sword and Devotion (1960)^[13]
• The Spook Cottage(1960)^[14]
• The Rambler under the Southern Cross(1961)^[15]
• Ōunabara wo Yuku Wataridori (1961)^[16]
• Kitakikōyori Wataridori Kitae Kaeru (1962)^[17]

External links

• The Wandering Guitarist at Nikkatsu

Notes and References

1. Web site: ギターを持った渡り鳥. Agency for Cultural Affairs. 9 December 2021.
2. Web site: デジタル大辞泉プラス「ギターを持った渡り鳥」の解説. Kotobank. ja. 9 December 2021.
3. Kinema Junpo 1959年10月下旬号. 1959. Kinema Junpo sha. Tokyo. 78–79.
4. Web site: 小林旭 Akira Kobayashi Profile. The TV. ja. 9 December 2021.
5. Web site: 裕次郎はタフガイ、旭はマイトガイ. Daily Shincho. ja. 9 December 2021.
6. Web site: ギターを持った渡り鳥. The TV. ja. 9 December 2021.
7. Web site: 小林旭 Akira Kobayashi Profile. NIPPON COLUMBIA. ja. 9 December 2021.
8. Book: 日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 . 2006. Mirai sha (未来社). Tokyo. 114–132.
9. Web site: ギターを持った渡り鳥. WOWOW. ja. 9 December 2021.
10. Web site: ギターを持った渡り鳥キャスト. 映画DB. ja. 9 December 2021.
11. Web site: 口笛が流れる港町. Kinenote. ja. 9 December 2021.
12. Web site: 渡り鳥いつまた帰る. eiga.com. ja. 9 December 2021.
13. Web site: 赤い夕陽の渡り鳥. eiga.com. ja. 9 December 2021.
14. Web site: 大草原の渡り鳥. eiga.com. ja. 9 December 2021.
15. Web site: 波涛を越える渡り鳥. eiga.com. ja. 9 December 2021.
16. Web site: 大海原を行く渡り鳥. eiga.com. ja. 9 December 2021.
17. Web site: 北帰行より 渡り鳥北へ帰る. eiga.com. ja. 9 December 2021.