Seven Miles to Nakayama

Synopsis

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stricken by the fact that Oshima committed suicide. Going underground in the gambling world, perpetually hiding from the law, Masa eventually meets a young woman named Onaka, who looks exactly like Oshima. Tales having two look-alike heroines are a commonplace in Japanese period films, a plot affectation inherited from the kabuki theater. Based on a novel by Shin Hasegawa, Nakayama shichiri was already twice filmed in 1930, one version directed by Namio Ochiai, and from which less than 40 minutes survive, the other directed by Kyotaro Namiki. Both are silent films, preserved by the Makino film institute.

Main Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Masakichi

Age : 37 | Popularity : 10%

Tamao Nakamura

Oshima / Onaka

Age : 84 | Popularity : 4%

Eijirō Yanagi

Yasugoro

Age : 88 | Popularity : 10%

Saburo Date

Age : 67 | Popularity : 5%

Koichi Ose

Tokunosuke

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Yukio Hashi

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Nakajirō Tomita

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Sonosuke Sawamura

Age : 60 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Sound	Yukio Kaihara
	Original Music Composer	Setsuo Tsukahara
Art	Art Direction	Seiichi Ôta
Lighting	Gaffer	Gengon Nakaoka
Directing	Director	Kazuo Ikehiro
Writing	Screenplay	Masao Uno Masao Matsumura
	Novel	Shin Hasegawa
Camera	Director of Photography	Senkichirō Takeda
Department	Role	Name

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