Scar Yosaburo

切られ与三郎 (Kirare Yosaburo)
Saturday, March 20, 7 PM

1960, 94 min., 35mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Daisuke Ito. With Raizo Ichikawa, Manami Fuji, Keiko Awaji.  Print courtesy of The Japan Foundation with permission from Kadokawa Pictures.

In Scar Yosaburo, a band of yakuza ruffians mutilate the face of an actor after he is caught with the gang boss’s mistress. A misty, moonlit tale from the Kabuki repertoire and a stirring classic of the most artful category of samurai films, zankoku jidai-geki ("cruel historicals").


© Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

Part of the Monthly Classic Series:
The Double Edged Sword:
The Chambara Films of Shintaro Katsu & Raizo Ichikawa

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