When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against corruption. Teaming up with a rogue monk, bold tea-picking girls, and even a reformed thug, he battles a violent crime boss exploiting local families. Amid betrayals and brawls, justice and solidarity triumph.
Cast
Hiroshi Moriya
Moritaro the Peak-Topper
Mie Hama
Okitsu (tea girl)
Kiyoshi Kodama
Ichigoro
Makoto Satō
Nagagorō of Shimizu
Fumie Noguchi
Ochō (fiancée)
Mutoshi Happa
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Rumiko Sasa
Oume
Nami Tamura
Omatsu
Takeshi Sakamoto
Tetsunoya Tōzō (Boss)
Sachio Sakai
Traveling Monk
Shōichi Hirose
Highwayman A
Yutaka Nakayama
Innkeeper
Gorô Sakurai
Unknown
Masahiko Shimazu
Kinta (Okitsu’s brother)
Senkichi Ōmura
Unknown
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Ryūemon (Tea Merchant)
Tadashi Okabe
Rice Shop Owner (Father)
Teruko Mita
Unknown
Yasuhiko Saijō
Unknown
Yutaka Oka
Unknown
二瓶正典
Unknown
Minoru Itō
Unknown
Haruo Suzuki
Unknown
Rumi Konishi
Osode (Tea Girl)
Yuki Shimizu
Otake (Tea Girl)
Rinsaku Ogata
Sentā of Kesera Gang
Saburô Kadowaki
Unknown
Kenzo Echigo
Unknown
大川秀子
Unknown
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Unknown
Izumi Akimoto
Unknown
高野文子
Unknown
原紀世子
Unknown
Sachiko Môri
Unknown
Kazuko Tani
Unknown
Yōko Yano
Unknown
島幸子
Unknown
近藤征矢
Unknown
Crew
Tatsuma Shintani
Sound Technical Supervisor
Yasuo Wakabayashi
Sound Technical Supervisor
Koichi Noguchi
Accounting Supervisor
Jun Fukuda
Director
Juichi Tanaka
Staff Writer
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Shōji Utsumi
Cinematography
錦織正信
Assistant Director
Ryô Kinoshita
Assistant Director
Seiji Tani
Assistant Director
Masaaki Hisamatsu
Assistant Director
Reiji Miwa
Producer
Shirô Yamamoto
Producer
Teruo Maki
Production Assistant
Kazutami Hara
Camera Department Production Assistant
Akinobu Ijichi
Camera Department Production Assistant
Tamio Matsuo
Camera Department Production Assistant
Kiichi Omura
Camera Department Production Assistant
Masahiro Katō
Costume Designer
Keiko Ina
Hair Designer
Shigeo Kobayashi
Hair Setup
Kōji Matsui
Art Department Assistant
Akiyoshi Kikuchi
Art Department Assistant
Katsuhiko Shiraki
Art Department Assistant
Keisei Ogawa
Sound Assistant
Fumio Sakamoto
Sound Assistant
Hisaharu Miura
Sound Assistant
Osamu Kageyama
Sound Assistant
Norio Tone
Sound Recordist
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Shin'ichi Ôno
Lighting Production Assistant
Hiroshi Asano
Lighting Production Assistant
Hiroshi Shimizu
Lighting Production Assistant
Ken Yamaki
Lighting Production Assistant
Minoru Oda
Lighting Production Assistant
Akira Oba
Lighting Production Assistant
Yasuo Miyagawa
Lighting Production Assistant
Toshio Nanri
Lighting Production Assistant
Rokuro Ishikawa
Lighting Manager
Akira Takada
Lighting Coordinator
Hideo Harada
Music Consultant
Kenjiro Hirose
Music
Eiji Ishihara
Construction Coordinator
Ginzō Ōsumi
Special Props
Kihei Fukuda
Special Props
Akio Nojima
Props
Jiro Miyagi
Props
Takashi Iwai
Still Photographer
Takako Kobayashi
Script Supervisor
Shigetaro Takayama
Stage Director
Mineo Ogawa
Stage Director
Hiroshi Ueda
Art Direction