Jōka

Jōka

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 for Jōka...

Masao Wakahara
梅村速水
Michiyo Kogure
合羽屋おらく
Sō Yamamura
奥田金馬太郎
Minoru Ōki
郷土弥平
Daijirō Natsukawa
吉住弘之進
Eijirō Yanagi
吉田文助
Hisano Yamato
文助の妻
Kodayu Ichikawa
新見内膳
Kunitaro Sawamura
東征軍隊長大村
Mitsuo Nagata
村上俊介
Eiichi Nozawa
川上屋