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Ronin-gai (1990)
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the death of Japanese film pioneer Shozo Makino, Kazuo Kuroki's samurai saga is set in the 1830s. Their days as enforcers all but over, the once-mighty Ronin warriors hang out at a sleazy bar outside of Edo. When invaders attack the bar's prostitutes, the disillusioned Ronin must find the strength to sober up, sharpen their swords and retaliate. Shintarô Katsu, Yoshio Harada and Kanako Higuchi star.
| Release Date: | August 18th, 1990 |
| Running Time: | 117 minutes |
| Directed By: |  | Kazuo Kuroki |
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| Written By: | | Kazuo Kasahara | | Itarô Yamagami |
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This film focuses on the period when the Samurai were disappearing and Japan was becoming Westernized.
I takes place in a village where master-less ronin spend their time eking out a living, and prostitutes are the main characters. We meet people like Aramaki Gennai (Yoshio Harada) who is most un-samurai like, and seems...
(complete Ronin-gai review by Movie Addict)
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