“Shogun's Gold” , another Russian name is “Goyokin” ( Japanese 御用 金 : Goyokin ; Eng. Goyokin ) - a Japanese film of 1969, directed by Hideo Gosya, which became an event not only in the work of the popular director, but also in the samurai genre [ 1] .
| Shogun's Gold | |
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| Japanese 暗殺 ( goikin ) | |
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| Genre | jidigakei (or - historical drama ) |
| Producer | Hideo gosya |
| Producer | Sanedzumi Fujimoto , Hideo Fukuda, Masayuki Sato Hideyuki Shino |
| Author script | Kay Tasaka Hideo gosya |
| In the main cast | Tatsuya Nakadai Tetsuro Tamba , Kinnosuke Nakamura , Yoko Tsukasa Ruriko Asaoka |
| Operator | Kozo Okazaki |
| Composer | Masaru Sato |
| Film company | Fuji Television Network Tokyo Eiga Co Ltd. Hire - Toho |
| Duration | 104 minutes |
| A country |  Japan |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Year | 1969 |
| IMDb | |
Content
Story
In the winter of 1831, a strange incident occurred on the lands of the Sabay clan in the province of Etizen . The fishing village of Kurosaki was completely cut out. Only the young woman of Oriha, who was absent at the time of the massacre, survived. The Samurai Mogubei of the Sabay clan became an unwitting witness to the killing of fishermen and their families.
The Tokugawa clan has financial problems. In order to solve them, the treasurer of the clan Rokugo Tatevaki engaged in piracy, capturing gold from the ship of the shogun. And he decided to get rid of witnesses - ordinary fishermen. Magobei is shocked by what happened, especially since the treasurer of Tatevaki is his childhood friend. He promises not to report what happened in exchange for Tatewaki’s oath of never repeating this.
Mogubey leaves service and becomes a wandering ronin until one day he finds out that Tatewaki has violated his oath and is about to repeat the atrocity: seize a ship with gold and kill innocent peasants. Determined to destroy the criminal plans of Tatevaki and his loyal subjects, with the help of people loyal to him (among whom Orich has gone astray), having experienced great moral and physical tests, he enters into an incredible battle with an insidious enemy.
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai - Magobei Wakizaka
- Tetsuro Tamba - Rokugo Tatevaki
- Kinnosuke Nakamura - Samon Fujimaki
- Yoko Tsukasa - Sino
- Ruriko Asaoka - Oriha
- Kunie Tanaka - Hirosuke
- Isao Natsuyagi - Kunai
- Ko Nishimura - Naku Yoichi
- Eijiro Tono - Sabai, the head of the clan
- Susumu Kurobe - Omura Sobae
- Hisashi Igawa - Shinjiro Takeuchi
- Eitaro Ozawa - narrator (voice-overs)
Premieres
- - The national premiere of the film took place on May 1, 1969 [2] .
- - US premiere: August 1969 in Hollywood, California [2] .
- - premiere in Hong Kong - February 14, 1970 [2] .
- - in March 1970, first shown in Argentina as part of a competitive screening at the IFF in Mar del Plata [2] .
- - On September 6, 1971, the film was first shown in the Swedish capital of Stockholm .
- - from December 6, 1971, the film was shown at the Polish film distribution.
- - The premiere in Italy took place on October 18, 1972 .
... Before us again is the story of a hero disappointed in samurai traditions (the excellent role of Tatsuya Nakadai), who is forced to fight with his old friend (always perfect Tetsuro Tanba) - for the latter, the desire for power justifies any crimes. Here, the emphasized anti-authoritarian position of the director is again expressed and again we see masterfully staged fights, but in Goyokin, Ghosh experimentes with rhythm, artificially slowing it down between battle scenes and giving the picture (as opposed to the realism of previous works) a sense of some irreality, a viscous beautiful and bright sleep (the color scheme of the operator Kozo Okazaki is bewitching). The sophisticated installation of the final duel in the snowy expanses with the performance of drummers, whose faces are hidden under the masks of mythological monsters, adds to the film's spectacularity, but also moves away from the realism of Gosha's early paintings.
Awards and nominations
Mainity Film Award
- 24th award ceremony (for 1969) [3] .
- Won:
- Award for Best Cinematography - Kozo Okazaki.
- Prize for the best work of production designer - Motoji Kojima.
Mar del Plata International Film Festival (1970)
- Nomination for the main prize of the festival [4]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Denisov, Ivan. Hideo Gosha and his samurai outlawed a review of the director’s films on the Cinematheque.ru website (Russian)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Shogun Gold (1969) —Release Info on the IMDb website
- ↑ Winners of the 1969 work awards on the official website of the Mainity Prize (Japanese)
- ↑ Shogun Gold (1969) —Awards on the IMDb website
Links
- The Shogun's Gold on the Internet Movie Database
- Ivan Denisov. Hideo Ghosh and his samurai are outlawed on the Cinematheque.ru website (Russian)