Duel at Gokumon-zaka

Overview

Sutematsu and Sukekichi, residents of Benten Nagaya tenement, witness a woman being thrown from a palanquin into a river and are immediately attacked by several samurai. They are saved by a fellow tenant, the ronin Ginzaburo Fujizaki. One of the assailants drops a wooden tag bearing the Onitsuta-bishi (demon ivy diamond) crest. The next morning, the woman’s body is found on the lumber dock. She is Omino, daughter of Omiya, a money exchanger in Nihonbashi.

Cast

Jūshirō Konoe

Fujizaki Ginzaburo

N/A

Kichiya Bando

Choji

Hiromi Hanazono

Orin

A-suke Akita

Sutematsu

B-suke Akita

Sukekichi

Kensaku Hara

Sakakibara Mondo-no-kami

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Niiyama Gendayu

Toshiko Fujita

Shizu

Kenjiro Uemura

Onimoto Kannokuro

Ryūzaburō Nakamura

Todo Takatada

N/A

Kinichi Hanabusa

Kanta

N/A

Kazuo Tokita

Masakichi