Summary
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
Details
Release Date: August 11, 1973
Runtime: 89 minutes
Genres: History, Action, Drama
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 6.3/10 (32 votes)
Hanzo the Razor Collection
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
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Cast
Shintarō Katsu
Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami
Toshio Kurosawa
Junai Mikoshiba
Kō Nishimura
Magobei "Snake" Onishi
Kei Satō
Shobei Hamajima
Kazuko Inano
Keizo Kanie
Shin Kishida
Hōsei Komatsu
Daigo Kusano
Keiko Aikawa