In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
Toshirō Mifune
Tetsu
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Jakoman
Yuriko Hamada
Yuki
Izumi Hara
Taka (as Senko Hara)
Yoshiko Kuga
Girl at church
Yuriko Hanabusa
Kamatari Fujiwara
Soutaro
Keiichi Shimada
Genji
Nijiko Kiyokawa
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
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