Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
1960 · 83 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 32 VOTES · DIR. Tadashi Sawashima
Overview
Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and action in old Japan. Teaming up the ever-popular Misora Hibari with the greatest samurai action hero of all-time Wakayama Tomisaburo is a brilliant stoke of casting. Hibari takes on the role of Mori no Ishimatsu, a young man who gets involved with real-life Yakuza legend, Shimizu no Jirocho, 'Boss of the Tokaido'. Ishimatsu manages to interfere with a dispute between the Shimizu and their competition, the Marugame family, even going so far as to become an avenger's assistant. It's not the first time Hibari has played a man in a film (also in Benten Kozo), and her acting skills are at their best as she mixes in a bit of humor along with excellent swordplay. Wakayama Tomisaburo, as always, gives an outstanding performance as the powerful and beloved Yakuza Boss Jirocho.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,268 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:05 TOEl Company, LTD
00:05:27 What? You one-eye cripple!
00:07:54 I'm still alive!
00:10:26 My man, all right.
00:14:25 You just don't jump in water if you can't swim.
00:17:22 Stupid, you see, one must dream.
00:20:32 Now, if you've got a problem, I'll deal with you. Come at me!
00:23:20 Prayer Money Exchange by Takei Yasugoro
00:26:41 W... what?
00:31:49 Now I made my name at the same shrine.
00:35:26 I'm returnin' them all and I decline.
00:37:37 Honest to a fault, I see.
00:40:30 Four miles from home and you're on the road.
00:44:34 What?
00:46:46 It's a nice bed. There you are.
00:51:26 Ishimatsu-san, delicious, isn't it?
00:54:55 So, no one wants to dance with me.
00:59:06 Dammit, die!
01:03:08 He's only 23, but he acts bravely with gamblers and kindly with straight folks.
01:05:18 I didn't ask you that.
01:07:10 What are you getting mad for?
01:10:58 My eye's open.
01:15:17 I was forbidden from getting into fights that I love, and made it to Sanuki.
01:19:31 Be well!