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A joint production by Tokyo Eiga and Kindai Eiga Kyōkai, the film opened in Japan through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToho on 21 November 1965\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet during the wars between Japan’s Northern and Southern Courts in the fourteenth century, the film stars \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEitarō Ozawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as Kō no Moronao, a powerful official of the Ashikaga shogunate, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKyōko Kishida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as Kaoyo, the wife of one of his retainers. Unable to win her over, Moronao enlists the monk Kenkō, played by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJūkichi Uno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to write love letters on his behalf. When persuasion fails, he turns his military authority against her husband. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNobuko Otowa, Isao Kimura, Taiji Tonoyama and Kōji Takahashi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also appear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe poster is dominated by a pair of enormous eyes. Enlarged until the photographic grain is clearly visible, the face fills the background while the two characters of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「悪党」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e descend through its centre in vermilion brushstrokes. The ragged ends of the strokes stand out against the deep black shadows. Below, two tinted portraits draw the eye to the women’s expressions; armoured warriors gather at the left, flames rise at the right, and a procession carrying severed heads on poles stretches across the foot of the sheet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe circular \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e emblem appears at the upper right beside the vertical credits for Tanizaki and Shindō. 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