若き日の千葉周作

Story

Synopsis

Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse in Rikuzen Onikobe, where he early on earned the nickname "Little Tengu of Chiba." One day, Otome heard a rumor that Arao Miyauchi, who once was an internal student at the Chiba family but now ran his own dojo in Onikobe, was spreading false rumors out of resentment for not inheriting the Chiba house—a situation that led to his mother's suicide and his father's abandonment of the sword to become a doctor. Enraged, Otome stormed into the Arao dojo only to be captured and publicly humiliated at Onikobe Pass. However, in his heart, Miyauchi hoped to marry his daughter Nanae to Otome and have him inherit the Chiba family.

Director

Tatsuo Sakai

Writers

山岡荘八, Masashige Narusawa

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

4 October 1955

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Katsuo Nakamura

  千葉周作

• Shinobu Araki

  千葉幸右衛門

• 

  Mutsuko Sakura

  お玉

• 

  Ryōsuke Kagawa

  荒屋宮内

• 高木悠子

  奈々江

• 

  Tatsuya Ishiguro

  浅利又七郎

• Kyōko Kusajima

  ふみ

• 

  Keiko Yukishiro

  綾

• 

  Achako Hanabishi

  阿茶助

• Shinji Takano

  森川新之介

• Isao Ubukata

  星野紋十郎

• Noboru Kasuga

  長井忠兵衛