Kanto Wanderer is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daizaburo Hirata and Hiroko Itō. It was a programme picture produced by the Nikkatsu Company to fill out the second half of a double bill with Shohei Imamura's The Insect Woman. The film was based on a novel by Taiko Hirabayashi and had been previously adapted to the screen as Song from the Underworld (1956) by Suzuki's mentor, Hiroshi Noguchi. The story involves Katsuta, a yakuza member who falls in love and is torn between giri (duty) and ninjo (humanity). The Kanto of the title refers to a large plain on which Tokyo is located.
Kanto Wanderer (1963)
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres - Action-Adventure, Crime, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Yakuza Film |
Release Date - Nov 23, 1963 |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - Japan |
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Hiroshi Noguchi, Kant, Kanto Vagabonds, Katsuta, Nikkatsu Company, Shohei Imamura, Song, Suzuki, The Insect Woman, Tokyo, Yakuza
Attributes
Based On: based on novels
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Alternate Titles
El vagabundo de Kanto
AR
Kantô mushuku
Kanto mushuku
JP
Kanto Wanderer
US
Kanto wspanialy
PL
The Woman Sharper
Άγρια νιότη
GR
Странник из Канто
RU
関東無宿
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