Ishimatsu: The One-Eyed Avenger
- Original title
- Hibari no mori no ishimatsu
- Year
- 1960
- Running time
- 83 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Cast
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- Hibari Misora
- Tomisaburô Wakayama
- Chie Ueki
- Kunio Kaga
- Sonosuke Sawamura
- Koinosuke Ogami
- Kusuo Abe
- Denjirô Ôkôchi
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Action. Comedy. Drama | Comedy-Drama
- Synopsis
- Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and action in old Japan. Teaming up the ever-popular Misora Hibari with the greatest samurai action hero of all-time Wakayama Tomisaburo is a brilliant stoke of casting. Hibari takes on the role of Mori no Ishimatsu, a young man who gets involved with real-life Yakuza legend, Shimizu no Jirocho, 'Boss of the Tokaido'. Ishimatsu manages to interfere with a dispute between the Shimizu and their competition, the Marugame family, even going so far as to become an avenger's assistant. It's not the first time Hibari has played a man in a film (also in Benten Kozo), and her acting skills are at their best as she mixes in a bit of humor along with excellent swordplay. Wakayama Tomisaburo, as always, gives an outstanding performance as the powerful and beloved Yakuza Boss Jirocho.
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