Movie

Passion Fire

1952 1h 49m Released

Drama

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen fled to Edo. Local officials like Yoshida Bunsuke and Yoshizumi Hironoshin showed their allegiance by welcoming them. The commander at the time, Umemura Hayami, was a former member of the Tengu Party and had previously been pursued in the town. He took refuge in a restaurant named Kabuya, and owing to a tip-off from a woman named Oraku, he was almost captured for her lover, Yoshizumi. Oraku and Yoshizumi probably feared revenge from that previous encounter, but Umemura had come back to Hida because he couldn't forget Oraku.

Cast

Masao Wakahara 梅村速水 Michiyo Kogure 合羽屋おらく Hizuru Takachiho つる So Yamamura 奥田金馬太郎 Minoru Ōki 郷土弥平 Daijiro Natsukawa 吉住弘之進