
21 Apr 1919

False Evidence
Promised in marriage to wealthy Lot Gordon , Scottish lassie Madelon MacTavish prefers Lot's poor relation Burr Gordon. The wisdom of her choice is proven later on, when a vengeful Lot tries to rape the girl.

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of "rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?

Bakin Takizawa

Hokusai Katsushika

Fusehime

Shino Inuzuka

Sousuke Inukawa

Keno Inusaka

Genpachi Inukai

Daikaku Inumura

Kobungo Inuta

Shinbe Inue

Dousetsu Inuyama

Tamazusa

Souhaku

Oji

Ohaku

Hamaji

Nanboku Tsuruya

Ichikawa Danjuro VII

Onoe Kikugoro III

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