Plot / Synopsis
The Trail Of Blood (Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kiba wa hiki retsu ita) (1972) His family butchered, now he walks... The Trail of Blood! Rival gangs are at war with one another, ravaging the countryside and slaughtering anyone who defies them. Unfortunately for them, they messed with the wrong guy. When Jokichi, a famed wandering yakuza soldier, tries to go straight, he quickly learns that you only leave the Underworld by getting sent to Hell! After his fellow mobsters murder his entire family, he's got only one reason to keep on living... to ensure they keep on dying! And the Kanto plains are full of rats that need killin'! The Fearless Avenger (Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta) (1972) With nothing to live for, now he is... The Fearless Avenger! Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashy attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro, but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro. Slaughter In The Snow (Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda) (1973) Revenge is a dish best served cold in... Slaughter in the Snow! Jokichi's success in getting revenge has resulted in a hefty price being put on his head, and it's only a matter of time before he runs into Kobunji, master of the throwing knife, who, while he really likes Jokichi, has his professional reputation to uphold. But just because you have to kill a guy doesn't mean you can't enjoy getting to know him first, and do a little male bonding by offing some villains. But in the end, it's nothing personal, just business, and the white snow will be stained red with blood.
The Trail of Blood (1972)
Title: Trail of Blood
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202007/
Year: 1972
Original title: Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Genre: Action, Drama
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast
Yoshio Harada,
Katsuo Nakamura,
Ryunosuke Minegishi
Plot / Synopsis
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor. A woman watches.
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Fearless Avenger (1972)
Title: Fearless Avenger
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887736/
Year: 1972
Original title: Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta
Runtime: 80 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Genre: Action
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast
Yoshio Harada,
Ryunosuke Minegishi,
Atsuo Nakamura
Plot / Synopsis
Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.
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Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
Title: Slaughter in the Snow
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043734/
Year: 1973
Original title: Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda
Runtime: 83 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Genre: Action
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast
Hajime Araki,
Kai Ato,
Takamori Gen
Plot / Synopsis
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
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Technical Specs
Source...........: 3xDVD5 Retail
DVD Format.......: NTSC
DVD Size.........: 3xDVD5
Programs used....: Anydvd HD
Screen Format....: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio Language...: Japanese
Audio Format.....: DD 2.0
Subtitles........: English