02 Jul 1957
Red peonies on the skin
Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a conflict with Hatamoto.
Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman
Edo town thief called "Acrobatics boy" has been rampant in town, just that time, spy, Goro of Otaki will see a woman who had been an inside contact of the Yataro by chance. Also, Heizo is worried about the child of Inoue Tatsuizumi, who decided to ask for help for Gen'an.
Top Billed Cast
二代目 中村吉右衛門 Hasegawa Heizô, aka Onihei
Hiroshi Katsuno Yusuke Sakai
尾美としのり Chugo Kimura
沼田爆 Tadanoshin Muramatsu
多岐川裕美 Hisae
梶芽衣子 Omasa
長門裕之 Hikoju Sagami
十代目 松本幸四郎 Inoue Gen’yaku
蟹江敬三 Kobusa no Kumehachi
三浦浩一 Isanji
綿引勝彦 Gorozo
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