The Wandering Guitarist

The Wandering Guitarist is a 1959 Japanese action and yakuza film directed by Buichi Saitō. It stars Akira Kobayashi. The Wandering Guitarist is the first film of Akira Kobayashi and Buichi Saitō's Wataridori series. The film made Akira Kobayashi a star and he gained national popularity.

Plot

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Shinji Taki is a former detective but now he is a vagabond with a guitar. In the port town he visits, Taki saves a yakuza of the Akitsu clan at a bar fight and he is hired as a bouncer of the Akitsu clan. Akitsu orders Taki to evict the inhabitants for the development of the town.

Cast

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Akira Kobayashi as Shinji Taki
Ruriko Asaoka as Yuki Akitsu
Joe Shishido as Joe
Nobuo Kaneko as Reizaburō Akitsu
Sanae Nakahara as Shōji Sumiko
Misako Watanabe as Rie
Kyōji Aoyama as Yasukawa
Tomio Aoki as Tetsu

Wataridori series

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''Kitakikōyori Wataridori Kitae Kaeru''