Bangoro, the son of the judo instructor Shibukawa Hanryuken, saves Jinpachi and his daughter from Kurosaki Tenzen, who is holding them under a false pretext around the precincts of the Kanon Temple in Asakusa. He also punishes Sengo Tayu who has beaten Yotsuguruma in a sumo wrestling match by using a forbidden technique.

Tokyo, 1918: electric arcs still sputter overhead, but the celluloid underbelly of Asakusa prefers torchlight and incense. Into this tinderbox strides Shibukawa Bangorô, a silent whirlwind whose very surname is a fist. Director Matsunosuke Onoe—the kabuki titan turned cinematic shogun—compresses centuries of bushidō a...


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" Tokyo, 1918: electric arcs still sputter overhead, but the celluloid underbelly of Asakusa prefers torchlight and incense. Into this tinderbox strides Shibukawa Bangorô, a silent whirlwind whose very surname is a fist. Director Matsunosuke Onoe—the kabuki titan turned cinematic shogun—compresses centuries of bushidō and carnival ballyhoo into 28 minutes of nitrate that hiss like a kettle of fate. Plot Reforged: Myth on a Tatami Forget the tidy three-act corset; this yarn is origami folded in f..."
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