Happily Tied to the Road

6.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 88 min
  • Premiere: 1959. April 21.

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?

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Art

Choshiro Katsura

Art Direction

Camera

Nagaki Yamagishi

Director of Photography

Directing

Yasushi Sasaki

Director

Editing

Lighting

Kenichi Tanabe

Lighting Technician

Sound

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Sadamitsu Ishihara

Sound Recordist

Writing

Yoshitake Hisa

Screenplay

Art

Choshiro Katsura

Art Direction

Camera

Nagaki Yamagishi

Director of Photography

Directing

Yasushi Sasaki

Director

Editing

Lighting

Kenichi Tanabe

Lighting Technician

Sound

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Sadamitsu Ishihara

Sound Recordist

Writing

Yoshitake Hisa

Screenplay