Vengeance for Sale
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[edit] Profile
- Movie: Vengeance for Sale
- Romaji: Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku
- Japanese: 助太刀屋助六
- Director: Kihachi Okamoto
- Writer: Daisaku Ikuta (novel), Kihachi Okamoto
- Producer: Yoshinobu Nishioka, Mineko Okamoto
- Cinematographer: Katsuhiro Kato
- Release Date: February 16, 2002
- Runtime: 88 min.
- Studio: Fuji TV, Nikkatsu
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
[edit] Plot
Though a sukedachiya (avenger-for-hire), Sukeroku (Hiroyuki Sanada) never draws his sword, preferring to humiliate his victims by whacking them with a clothes pole, or tripping and tying them with a rope. But as light in the waraji (sandals) as he may seem, he has become a success of sorts, doing what he loves. For one thing, as a lowly commoner, he gets enormous satisfaction from cutting haughty samurai down to size. For another, he has the daring, resourcefulness and smarts needed to make a go of his unusual occupation. -- Japan Times
[edit] Notes
"Vengeance for Sale" is based on a 1969 televsion drama written and directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
[edit] Cast
- Hiroyuki Sanada - Sukeroku Sukedachiya
- Kyoka Suzuki - Osen
- Takehiro Murata - Taro
- Tatsuya Nakadai - Umetaro Katakura
- Shingo Tsurumi - Shinkuro Wakiya
- Hirotaro Honda - Hotta
- Kyoko Kishida - Otome
- Keiju Kobayashi - Undertakert
- Ittoku Kishibe - Oribe Sakakibara
- Toru Kazama - Okenosuke
- Naoto Takenaka - Enemy
- Kyusaku Shimada - Enemy
- Makoto Sato - Enemy
- Hiroko Isayama - Revenger
- Mami Okamoto - Revenge
