

111 minutes
5/13/2000
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.

Koji Yakusho
as Koheita Mochizuki

Yuko Asano
as Yuko Kosei

Bunta Sugawara
as Nadahachi on the Great River

Ryudo Uzaki
as Yoshijuro Senba

Tsurutaro Kataoka
as Yasukawa Hanzo

Saburo Ishikura
as Tomoe no Taiju

Renji Ishibashi
as Saibei of Tsugimachi

Tsuyoshi Ujiki
as Katsunosuke Nakai

Isao Bitō
as Rokuzaemon Ichikawa

Hideji Ōtaki
as Imamura

Shigeru Kōyama
as Ikki Honda

Takeshi Katō
as Toneri Uchijima

Noboru Mitani
as Masami Ochiai

Kyôko Kishida
as Lady of the Sister Wind

Nekohachi Edoya
as Mokubei

Masane Tsukayama
as Sato Tateto
Kaori Sugawara
as Tsuyoshi Seiki