Slaughter in the Snow

Part of Mikogami Trilogy / Wanderer Jôkichi

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In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?

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Cast

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Yoshio Harada actor

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Hajime Araki actor

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Kai Atō actor

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Gen Takamori actor

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Toshio Hosoi actor Renji Ishibashi actor

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Kusuo Kita actor

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Akiyoshi Kitaura actor

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Hachirō Misumi actor

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Hirasawa Nabuo actor Isao Natsuyagi actor

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Setsuko Ogawa actor

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Michiyo Yasuda actor

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Tamotsu Tamura actor

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Kôji Tsutsui actor

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Iwaki Yoshijiro actor