Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

2016 1h 45m JA

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Synopsis

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Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is deeply in love with Inomatsu and believes that the purpose of her life is to devote herself to her husband day and night. However, Oritsu is Inomatsu's fourth wife. In fact, he is a robber and thief. As a carpenter, Inomatsu usually sneaked into merchants' houses and carried out robberies. For him, wives are just a tool to deceive the public...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ainosuke Kataoka
Inomatsu
Aki Maeda
Oritsu
Yōko Yamamoto
Yorie Yamashita
Yuta Kanai
Bokuzo Masana
Kenjiro Nashimoto
Jundai Yamada

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akira Inoue
Writers: Narito Kaneko
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Onihei Gaiden" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Akira Inoue, shot by Yasuhiko Minamino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Ainosuke Kataoka and Aki Maeda and Yōko Yamamoto carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Akira Inoue directs. Yasuhiko Minamino behind the camera. Koji Endo scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Released 10 years ago.
2Part of the "Onihei Gaiden" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Akira Inoue, shot by Yasuhiko Minamino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Ainosuke Kataoka and Aki Maeda and Yōko Yamamoto carry the top of the cast.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yasuhiko Minamino
Original score: Koji Endo
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Status: Released
Original language: JA

Part of

Onihei Gaiden

Onihei Gaiden is a series of Japanese historical films and television dramas based on novels by Shōtarō Ikenami, focusing on stories from the "thieves" side, distinct from the main Samurai Detective Onihei series. It tells tales from the perspective of criminals, such as bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon or the events surrounding the notorious thief Kumagorō. These side stories provide a look into the lives of common people and outlaws in Edo-period Japan.