The Trail of Blood

Part of Mikogami Trilogy / Wanderer Jôkichi

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Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

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Cast

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Yoshio Harada actor

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Katsuo Nakamura actor

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Tōru Minegishi actor Etsuko Ichihara actor Kōji Nanbara actor

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Kayo Matsuo actor

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Sanae Kitabayashi actor

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Maki Mizuhara actor

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Kaoru Kusuda actor

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Ryoko Nakano actor

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Rakoji Nanbara actor

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Saburō Date actor Atsuo Nakamura actor

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Ryōhei Uchida actor

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Kantarō Suga actor

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Tokue Hanazawa actor

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Gen Shimizu actor

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Shirō Kuno actor

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Hisao Toake actor

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Kōichi Uenoyama actor