Baian the Assassin (1981)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 11, 1981Release Date
Baian the Assassin (1981)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 11, 1981Release Date
Plot.
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.
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Cast & Crew.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Baian Fujieda
Mayumi Ogawa
Osono
Kimie Shingyoji
Osaki
Junko Miyashita
Omon
Yasuo Furuhata
Director
Jūzō Itami
Sahei Oumiya
Shōtarō Ikenami
Writer
Susumu Fujita
Hanuemon Otowaya
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Shikake-nin Baian (仕掛人梅安) is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. The film was adapted from Shōtarō Ikenamis novel. Fujieda Baian is a doctor/assassin.