Genres
Production Companies
Hikari TV
Kobunsha
Robot Communications
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Mainichi Shimbun
The Asahi Shimbun
Jidaigeki Senmon Channel
Tokyu Agency
WOWOW
dentsu
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Kansai Television
TV Osaka
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
MBS
TOHO
Toho Pictures
Nomitori Samurai (のみとり侍)
Overview
Hironoshin is a samurai of the Echigo-Nagaoka clan. One day, Hironoshin attends a party at a mansion in Edo where his lord, Tadakiyo is invited to recite poems. Hironoshin is asked to give his opinion and foolishly comments that the piece was plagiarized. Infuriated, Tadakiyo orders Hironoshin to live his life without honor as a ‘cat flea picker', which is in fact a pseudonym for a male prostitute. The honest and straight-shooting Hironoshin convinces himself that he has no other options, and resigns himself to live as a sex worker. Hironoshin becomes an apprentice to a flea-picker boss who encourages him, convinced that Hironoshin is exacting revenge in the guise of a prostitute.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Yasuo Tsuruhashi
Story: Shigeo Komatsu
Director: Yasuo Tsuruhashi
Director of Photography: Tomoo Ezaki
Top Cast
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