Seven Miles to Nakayama (1962)

  • NR
  • 05/27/1962 (JP)
  • Action, History
  • 1h 27m

Overview

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stricken by the fact that Oshima committed suicide. Going underground in the gambling world, perpetually hiding from the law, Masa eventually meets a young woman named Onaka, who looks exactly like Oshima. Tales having two look-alike heroines are a commonplace in Japanese period films, a plot affectation inherited from the kabuki theater. Based on a novel by Shin Hasegawa, Nakayama shichiri was already twice filmed in 1930, one version directed by Namio Ochiai, and from which less than 40 minutes survive, the other directed by Kyotaro Namiki. Both are silent films, preserved by the Makino film institute.

Kazuo Ikehiro

Director

Shin Hasegawa

Novel

Masao Matsumura

Screenplay

Masao Uno

Screenplay

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa's headshot

Raizō Ichikawa

Masakichi
Tamao Nakamura's headshot

Tamao Nakamura

Oshima / Onaka
Eijirō Yanagi's headshot

Eijirō Yanagi

Yasugoro
Saburo Date's headshot

Saburo Date

Koichi Ose's headshot

Koichi Ose

Tokunosuke
Yukio Hashi's headshot

Yukio Hashi

Nakajirō Tomita's headshot

Nakajirō Tomita

Sonosuke Sawamura's headshot

Sonosuke Sawamura

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