2002
6.4 (5 votes)
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy
Action
Drama
Production Companies
Fuji Television Network
Nikkatsu Corporation
Nikkatsu Corporation
Vengeance for Sale (助太刀屋助六)
Overview
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
Key Crew
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Producer: Yoshinobu Nishioka, Mineko Okamoto
Writer: Kihachi Okamoto
Director of Photography: Yudai Kato
Top Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada
Sukeroku Sukedachiya
Kyoka Suzuki
Osen
Takehiro Murata
Taro
Tatsuya Nakadai
Umetaro Katakura
Shingo Tsurumi
Shinkuro Wakiya
Hirotaro Honda
Hotta
Kyôko Kishida
Otome
Ittoku Kishibe
Oribe Sakakibara
