Incident at Blood Pass

Incident at Blood Pass

1970 · 118 min · JA · 6.9 (26 votes)
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki · Starring Toshirō Mifune, Yūjirō Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Shintarō Katsu, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chūsha Ichikawa · Music Masaru Satō
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In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

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A stoic ronin navigates a treacherous path of betrayal and shifting loyalties. Expect brutal swordplay and a somber atmosphere as honor clashes with survival in this gritty Edo-period tale.

grittytensemelancholicstoicsteadyjidaigekisamurai cinemaperiod dramagritty realismhonorbetrayalloyaltysurvival
samuraiambushkatanasword fightbetrayalbanditdouble crossronininnjidaigekiedo period
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