Flowers on the Road (1961)
Original title: 花かご道中
Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro comes to their rescue. Santaro is aiding a young samurai named Sanshiro who is on an official mission to deliver a message to a noble in Kyoto. When Yae and Kiku discover that a gang of assassins is after Sanshiro, they decide to help Sanshiro to complete his mission.
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Chiyonosuke AzumaSakurai Sanshiro
Satomi OkaOkiku
Ryūji Shinagawa
Shunji Sakai
Yoshio TabataKinichi Hanabusa
Ichirō Izawa
Yoshio Yoshida
Kusuo Abe
Hibari MisoraOyaeTokinosuke NakamuraMovie DNA
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What is Flowers on the Road about?
Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro comes to their rescue. Santaro is aiding a young samurai named Sanshiro who is on an official mission to deliver a message to a noble in Kyoto. When Yae and Kiku discover that a gang of assassins is after Sanshiro, they decide to help Sanshiro to complete his mission.
How long is Flowers on the Road?
Flowers on the Road has a runtime of 86 minutes.