Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble

1954 1h 39m JA

Synopsis

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During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by Otoshi and Take, toured the entertainment houses of Ryogoku. There, they discovered a connection between an acrobat and the incident. On their way home, Otoshi unexpectedly encountered an old friend, Inosuke, nervously buying a dagger. Inosuke, a clerk at the Kashimaya store, was in love with Oko, a secret lover of Bunzaemon. Amidst this, Seihei, the head clerk, was murdered by someone, and a dagger belonging to Inosuke was found at the scene, leading Gohei to suspect Inosuke as the culprit. However, Otoshi was hiding Inosuke. Driven by Otoshi's plea and a professional instinct that Inosuke wasn't the perpetrator, Denhichi desperately searched for the real culprit.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kōkichi Takada
黒門町の伝七
Yumeji Tsukioka
女房お俊
Junzaburō Ban
獅子鼻の竹
Kokinji Katsura
おしゃべり金太
Yoshito Yamaji
早縄の五兵衛
Shuhei Yamada
三太
Eijirō Yanagi
加島屋文左衛門
Michiko Saga
お光

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsuruo Iwama
Writers: Kodō Nomura, Moritarō Sasaki, Masayuki Jo
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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72 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Denshichi Torimonocho" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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Kōkichi Takada and Yumeji Tsukioka and Junzaburō Ban carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt22474608 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tsuruo Iwama directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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172 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Denshichi Torimonocho" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Kōkichi Takada and Yumeji Tsukioka and Junzaburō Ban carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt22474608 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Costume design: Tadaoto Kainoshō
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble (1954)

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Denshichi Torimonocho

Denshichi Torimonocho is a detective in the Edo period of Japan. He investigates strange and terrifying mysteries. The 13 movies in the series are all adapted from a novel.