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

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

Wataridori series

External links

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.