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Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival (1967)

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival poster
Original title
一心太助 江戸っ子祭り
Directed by
Kōsaku Yamashita
Genre
comedy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 28m

How it feels

A fishmonger named Tasuke stands up for a maid who breaks a valuable plate given to her by the shogun. He gains a powerful patron who later dies after being unable to help him fight corrupt officials. Tasuke then teams up with a ronin and his friends to take down the villains.

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What happens

『一心太助 江戸っ子祭り』(いっしんたすけえどっこまつり)は、1967年制作の東映時代劇映画。舟木一夫主演、山下耕作監督。東映京都撮影所製作、東映配給。 人気歌手・舟木一夫初の時代劇主演で、一心太助と三代将軍徳川家光の二役に挑んだ。 江戸っ子の魚屋太助(舟木一夫)は、三代将軍家光(舟木の二役)から拝領の皿を割った腰元お仲(藤純子)をかばい、その気っぷに惚れ込んだ大久保彦左衛門(加東大介)と親分子分の盃を交わす。そのころ、勘定奉行川勝丹波守(小池朝雄)と結託した相模屋勘兵衛(遠藤辰雄)が魚河岸を我が物にしようと企んでいた。太助は彦左に頼んで川勝と相模屋の悪事を抑えようとするが、家光から「政治に口を出すな」と命じられ、太助の力になれないことを苦にしながら病死した。太助は浪人・新八(里見浩太朗)の助太刀を得て、仲間たちと相模屋と川勝一家を潰しそうと乗り出した一心太助 江戸っ子祭り | 東映ビデオ。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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