Incident at Blood Pass

待ち伏せ

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

Director

Hiroshi Inagaki

Screenplay

Hajime Takaiwa

Screenplay

Ichirō Miyagawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Status

Released

Release date

21/04/1970

Original language

Japanese