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The Wandering Guitarist (ギターを持った渡り鳥, Guitar wo Motta Wataridori) is a 1959 Japanese action and yakuza film directed by Buichi Saitō. It stars Akira Kobayashi. The Wandering Guitarist is the first film of Akira Kobayashi and Buichi Saitō's Wataridori series. The film made Akira Kobayashi a star and he gained national popularity.

Plot

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Shinji Taki is a former detective but now he is a vagabond with a guitar. In the port town he visits, Taki saves a yakuza of the Akitsu clan at a bar fight and he is hired as a bouncer of the Akitsu clan. Akitsu orders Taki to evict the inhabitants for the development of the town.

Cast

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• Akira Kobayashi as Shinji Taki
• Ruriko Asaoka as Yuki Akitsu
• Joe Shishido as Joe
• Nobuo Kaneko as Reizaburō Akitsu (Head of the Akitsu clan)
• Sanae Nakahara as Shōji Sumiko
• Misako Watanabe as Rie
• Kyōji Aoyama as Yasukawa
• Tomio Aoki as Tetsu

Wataridori series

• Kuchibue ga Nagareru Minatomachi (1960)
• Naked Youth -A Story of Cruelty (1960)
• Sword and Devotion (1960)
• The Spook Cottage(1960)
• The Rambler under the Southern Cross(1961)
• Ōunabara wo Yuku Wataridori (1961)
• Kitakikōyori Wataridori Kitae Kaeru (1962)

References

1. "ギターを持った渡り鳥". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
2. "デジタル大辞泉プラス「ギターを持った渡り鳥」の解説" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
3. "Kinema Junpo 1959年10月下旬号". Tokyo: Kinema Junpo sha. 1959. pp. 78–79. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
4. "小林旭 Akira Kobayashi Profile" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
5. "裕次郎はタフガイ、旭はマイトガイ" (in Japanese). Daily Shincho. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
6. "ギターを持った渡り鳥" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
7. "小林旭 Akira Kobayashi Profile" (in Japanese). NIPPON COLUMBIA. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
8. 日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971. Tokyo: Mirai sha (未来社). 2006. pp. 114–132.
9. "ギターを持った渡り鳥" (in Japanese). WOWOW. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
10. "ギターを持った渡り鳥キャスト" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
11. "口笛が流れる港町" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
12. "渡り鳥いつまた帰る" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
13. "赤い夕陽の渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
14. "大草原の渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
15. "波涛を越える渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
16. "大海原を行く渡り鳥" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
17. "北帰行より 渡り鳥北へ帰る" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

External links

• The Wandering Guitarist at Nikkatsu

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