Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
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The Trail of Blood Cast
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Etsuko Ichihara
She was 36, 82 years old when she died
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Yoshio Harada
He was 32, 71 years old when he died
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as Jokichi |
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Kōji Nanbara
He was 45, 74 years old when he died
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Katsuo Nakamura
He was 34, now 86 years old
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Kayo Matsuo
She was 29, now 81 years old
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Saburo Date
He was 48, 67 years old when he died
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Sanae Kitabayashi
She was 28, now 80 years old
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Atsuo Nakamura
He was 32, now 84 years old
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Tôru Minegishi
He was 28, 65 years old when he died
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Ryoko Nakano
She was 22, now 74 years old
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The Trail of Blood Crew
