Vengeance for Sale explained

Vengeance for Sale
Director:	Kihachi Okamoto^[1]
Screenplay:	Kihachi Okamoto
Music:	Yōsuke Yamashita
Cinematography:	Yudai Katō
Editing:	Shōzō Kawashima
Studio:	Nikkatsu, FUJI TV^[2]
Distributor:	Toho
Runtime:	88 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 2002 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kihachi Okamoto.^{[3] [4] [5]} Vengeance for Sale is a remake of the TV movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto in 1969, based on the manga written by Okamoto under the pen name "Daisuke Ikuta".^[6] The film is last film Kihachi Okamoto directed.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} Vengeance for Sale was adapted into a Kabuki in 2012.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Sukeroku is a yakuza, he makes a living by helping someone's revenge.^{[13] [14]}

Cast

Source:^[15]

• Hiroyuki Sanada as Sukeroku
• Kyoka Suzuki as Osen
• Takehiro Murata as Tarō
• Shingo Tsurumi as Wakiya Shinkurō
• Tōru Kazama as Tsumaki Yunosuke
• Hirotarō Honda as Hotta
• Tomoi Tatsuhiko as Kurata
• Nana Yamamoto as Takeno
• Makoto Satō
• Naoto Takenaka
• Kyūsaku Shimada
• Hideyo Amamoto
• Kanzō Uni
• Hiroko Isayama
• Ittoku Kishibe as Sakakibara Oribe
• Kyōko Kishida as Otome
• Keijyu Kobayashi as Coffin craftsman
• Tatsuya Nakadai as Katakura Umetarō

Other Credits

• Masaya Nakamra - Executive producer^[16]
• Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director^[17]

Honors

Mainichi Film Awards

• Won:Best Leading Actor - Hiroyuki Sanada.^{[18] [4]}

External links

• • Vengeance for Sale at Nikkatsu

Notes and References

1. Web site: 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「岡本喜八」の解説. Kotobank. ja. 30 November 2021.
2. Web site: 助太刀屋助六. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 21 November 2021.
3. Book: キネマ旬報2002年2月上旬号. 2002. Kinema Junpō. 133–141.
4. Web site: デジタル大辞泉プラス「助太刀屋助六」の解説. Kotobank. ja. 30 November 2021.
5. Web site: History 20021 14th Film Festival. Tokyo International Film Festival. ja. 20 November 2021.
6. Web site: 助太刀屋助六. WoWoW. ja. 20 November 2021.
7. News: 岡本喜八監督死去. 映画COM. ja. 20 November 2021.
8. News: 公開初日は階段に人があふれていた… 岡本喜八監督の遺作助太刀屋助六. Iza. ja. 30 November 2021.
9. News: 岡本喜八監督の. 映画ナタリー. ja. 30 November 2021.
10. News: 猿之助、勘三郎さんも来場予定だった舞台初日を前に芸の継承を誓う. 映画COM. ja. 30 November 2021.
11. News: 猿之助 「助太刀屋助六外伝」の公開稽古. Nikkan Sports(日刊スポーツ). ja. 30 November 2021.
12. News: 猿之助、勘三郎さんのニューヨーク公演に負けじとフランス公演を希望？. シネマカフェ. ja. 30 November 2021.
13. Web site: 助太刀屋助六. Agency for Cultural Affairs. ja. 20 November 2021.
14. Web site: 助太刀屋助六. The TV(ザテレビジョン). ja. 30 November 2021.
15. News: 助太刀屋助六. 映画DB. ja. 30 November 2021.
16. Web site: 助太刀屋助六. Uni Japan. ja. 30 November 2021.
17. Web site: 助太刀屋助六. National Film Archive of Japan. ja. 30 November 2021.
18. Web site: 毎日映画コンクール 第57回（2002年）. THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS. ja. 30 November 2021.