Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
- Original title
- 森の石松
- Directed by
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Genre
- history, crime
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A feudal swordsman avoids responsibility for his actions and lets others take the blame, then claims credit for their work. The film follows his manipulative rise in a harsh historical setting.
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