Cinematheque: Homeless Drifter

MUSHUKU MONO, Japan, 1964, 35mm, 89min., subtitled; With Raizô Ichikawa. Dynamic action star Raizô Ichikawa stars as Lone Tree, a wandering gambler who strolls into a village looking for his father’s murderers. While investigating, our hero uncovers multiple levels of power and a plot to turn the town’s peasants into gold mine slaves! Smoothly directed and beautifully photographed in ‘Scope and color, Mushuku Mono is a classic of its genre.