Five Men of Edo

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***Five Men of Edo*** (大江戸五人男, *Oedo gonin otoko*) is a 1951 Japanese film action film produced by Shochiku Company Ltd. It was released to Japanese theaters on November 22, 1951.

## Plot

Hatamoto, who protected Tokugawa's aides with courage, was treated coldly after the peaceful reign continued, and his resentment appeared in various forms, such as the domineering of the white pattern group headed by Jurozaemon Mizuno. Was one of them. When he interfered with the play at the Yamamura-za of the Nakamura Ayame troupe, Chobei, the town's Banzuiin Chobei, got rid of it, but since then, the white pattern group has made the Banzuiin family an enemy of his eyes. became. In addition, Minohachi Shirai, who saved Kawasaki's pilgrimage and made him a foodie, fought against the white oiran in Yoshiwara for the heyday of the small purple oiran and defeated them. I anointed it. Mizuno loved Okinu at the waist, but he had other ties, and he was frustrated by various things, and Okinu broke the Nanban picture plate of the heirloom, and he cut it off. I have. Okinu's older brother Sogoro Uoya rushed into Mizuno's mansion, but was thrown out and appealed to Chobei. Chobei was reluctant to set things up unnecessarily and quietly dismissed it. Minohachi did not like Chobei's attitude, and made Ayame Nakamura perform a play that was supposed to be due to Chobei's push, and public opinion about Hatamoto's domineering. Ayame was abducted and banned in Mizuno's mansion. When Ayame was handed over, Mizuno made a request, and Chobei sneaked into the mansion of Jurozaemon alone, regardless of whether the minions were withdrawn, and there was a place where they agreed with each other in the game with their stomachs broken. However, while Chobei was recommended to take a bath, Jurozaemon, who realized that there was no way to stop it, was stabbed by Chobei in the bathroom when he was struck by a party of white-patterned groups who were bloody...

## Cast

* Banzuiin Chobei : Bando Tsumasaburo

* Jurozaemon Mizuno : Utaemon Ichikawa ( Toei )

* Chobei's wife, Isuzu Yamada

* Handmaiden: Mieko Takamine

* Sogoro Uoya: Ryunosuke Tsukigata
* Hirai Gompachi : Teiji Takahashi
* Takamizawa Btsutyuu Mamoru: Kokichi Takada

* Ayame Mizuki: Gonzaburo Kawarasaki
* Myohime: Shotsuki Saeko ( Shochiku song troupe )
* Kogiku : Hanayagi Kogiku
* Karainu Gonbei: Eitaro Shindo
* Tonosuke Kondo: Masao Mishima
* Okubo Hikozaemon : Reizaburo Yamamoto
* Matsudaira Izunomori : Kodayu Ichikawa II
* Kodaira of Buddha: Koji Mitsui
* Shogen Ishitani: Taro Otomo
* Shogun's envoy Naruse: Joji Kaieda
* Yume no Ichirobei: Kusuo Abe
* Dejiribei: Mitsuo Nagata
* Kimi messenger Hatsu: Yoko Wakasugi
* Geisha: Toshiko Ayukawa
* Old mother Ogishi: Kikue Mouri ( Gekidan Kurumi-za )
* Nakai Man: Kusajima Kyoko
* Old Woman Chigusa: Namiko Rokujo
* Sotaro wife end: Tsukimiya maiden
* Watanabe no Tsunazaemon: Yoshindo Yamaji
* Urabe Kigoro: Eigoro Onoe
* Kinpira Sakata: Toshikazu Amano
* Hatamoto Igarashi: Kunio Kaga
* Hatamoto Nishikori: Fujio Sasakawa
* Kosho Kazuma: Akio Sawamura (later Hiroyuki Nagato )
* Unleashed Koma Shirobei: Akio Kobori
* Matahachi in the dark: Hiroshi Aoyama
* Sabei Yamamura: Tominosuke Hayama
* Tomisuke Namiki: Kinnosuke Takamatsu
* Samurai Rouki: Sanshiro Tsubaki
* Servant Kurata: Aizo Tamashima
* New Hyakuyo : Kimie Hayashi
* Handmaiden on the pier: Kimiei Kawakami

Play within a play " Banshu Sarayashiki "

* Aoyama Tetsuyama: Kawarasaki Gonjuro
* Okiku: Gonzaburo Kawarasaki
* Chuta: Bando Yozaburo
* Joruri: Jutayu Toyotake
* Shamisen: Takenosuke Toyosawa

## Staff

* directed by:[1] Daisuke Ito
* Screenplay: Fuji Yahiro , Shinichi Yanagawa ,[2]
* Executive Producer:[3] Ryuzo Otani
* Production:[4] Sennosuke Tsukimori
* Composition: Crater Association Doujin
* photograph:[5] Hideo Ishimoto
* musics:[6] Fukai Shiro
* art:[7] Heikichi Tsunoi
* Production assistant:[8]
* Assistant Director: Minoru Watanabe
* Period proof: Kaisho Kusune
* Tea Ceremony Guidance: Kaisen Iguchi

## Overview

### Commentary

As a movie commemorating the 30th anniversary of Shochiku, under the direction of Ryuzo Otani, director of Shochiku Kyoto, Koichiro Ogura of "Kurama Fire Festival", produced by Sennosuke Tsukimori, will assist the production. The composition is the crater association coterie. The script is a collaboration of Fuji Yahiro from "Duel of Aima ga Tsuji", Shinichi Yanagawa from "Domoshichi Toricho Ichiban", and Yoshikata Yoda from "Aizenbashi". Daisuke Ito of "Oboro Kago" is the director, and Hideo Ishimoto is also in charge of shooting. Casting is Tsumasaburo Bando of "Tengu no Yasushi", Isuzu Yamada of "Fireworks Over the Sea", Saeko Takamine of "Nanfu", Utaemon Ichikawa of "Oni of Tangjin Street", and Takahashi of "My love is like a flower". Sadaji, Kogiku Hanayagi, Saeko Kozuki of SKD, Kokichi Takada, Yoko Wakasugi, Kinsaburo Kawarasaki of Kabuki, Kinjuro Kawarasaki, and Kozaburo Bando.

## References

This is a list of references for **Five Men of Edo**. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

1. ↑ "Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85th Complete History 1924-2011", Kinema Junpo, May 23, 2012, p.88

## External links

* Five Men of Edo on Eiga.com
* Five Men of Edo on IMDb
* Five Men of Edo on JMDB