The Wandering Guitarist [1] | |
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Directed by | Buichi Saitō |
Written by | Hideki Ogawa |
Screenplay by | Gan Yamazaki, Kenzaburō Hara |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kuratarō Takamura |
Music by | Taichiro Kosugi |
Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Wandering Guitarist (ギターを持った渡り鳥, Guitar wo Motta Wataridori) is a 1959 Japanese action and yakuza film directed by Buichi Saitō. [2] [3] It stars Akira Kobayashi. [4] The Wandering Guitarist is the first film of Akira Kobayashi and Buichi Saitō's Wataridori series. [5] [6] [7] The film made Akira Kobayashi a star and he gained national popularity. [8]
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.
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The Wandering Guitarist [1] | |
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Directed by | Buichi Saitō |
Written by | Hideki Ogawa |
Screenplay by | Gan Yamazaki, Kenzaburō Hara |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kuratarō Takamura |
Music by | Taichiro Kosugi |
Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Wandering Guitarist (ギターを持った渡り鳥, Guitar wo Motta Wataridori) is a 1959 Japanese action and yakuza film directed by Buichi Saitō. [2] [3] It stars Akira Kobayashi. [4] The Wandering Guitarist is the first film of Akira Kobayashi and Buichi Saitō's Wataridori series. [5] [6] [7] The film made Akira Kobayashi a star and he gained national popularity. [8]
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.
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