The Wandering Guitarist
| The Wandering Guitarist[1] | |
|---|---|
| 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]
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 (Head of the Akitsu clan)
- Sanae Nakahara as Shōji Sumiko
- Misako Watanabe as Rie
- Kyōji Aoyama as Yasukawa
- Tomio Aoki as Tetsu
Wataridori series
[edit]- Kuchibue ga Nagareru Minatomachi (1960)[11]
- Naked Youth -A Story of Cruelty (1960)[12]
- Sword and Devotion (1960)[13]
- The Spook Cottage(1960)[14]
- The Rambler under the Southern Cross(1961)[15]
- Ōunabara wo Yuku Wataridori (1961)[16]
- Kitakikōyori Wataridori Kitae Kaeru (1962)[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "ギターを持った渡り鳥". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「ギターを持った渡り鳥」の解説" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Kinema Junpo 1959年10月下旬号". Tokyo: Kinema Junpo sha. 1959. pp. 78–79.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "小林旭 Akira Kobayashi Profile" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "裕次郎はタフガイ、旭はマイトガイ" (in Japanese). Daily Shincho. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "ギターを持った渡り鳥" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "小林旭 Akira Kobayashi Profile" (in Japanese). NIPPON COLUMBIA. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ 日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971. Tokyo: Mirai sha (未来社). 2006. pp. 114–132.
- ^ "ギターを持った渡り鳥" (in Japanese). WOWOW. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "ギターを持った渡り鳥キャスト" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "口笛が流れる港町" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "渡り鳥いつまた帰る" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "赤い夕陽の渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "大草原の渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "波涛を越える渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "大海原を行く渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "北帰行より 渡り鳥北へ帰る" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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