Slaughter in the Snow - Mikogami Trilogy 03

Slaughter in the Snow - 無宿人御子神の丈吉 黄昏に閃光が飛んだ (Mushukunin Mikogami no Jōkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda)
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043734/
Year: 1973
Original title: Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda
Runtime: 83 minutes
Country: Japan - Language: Japanese - Subtitles: English
Genre: Action

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast:
Hajime Araki, Kai Ato, Takamori Gen, Yoshio Harada (as Jokichi of Mikogami), Toshio Hosoi, Renji Ishibashi, Kusuo Kita , Akiyoshi Kitaura, Hachirô Misumi, Hirasawa Nabuo, Isao Natsuyagi, Setsuko Ogawa, Tamotsu Tamura, Kôji Tsutsui, Iwaki Yoshijiro.

Plot / Synopsis

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?