The Wandering Guitarist

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.[2][3] It stars Akira Kobayashi.[4] The Wandering Guitarist is the first film of Akira Kobayashi and Buichi Saitō's Wataridori series.[5][6][7] The film made Akira Kobayashi star and he gained national popularity.[8]

The Wandering Guitarist[1]
Directed byBuichi Saitō
Written byHideki Ogawa
Screenplay byGan Yamazaki, Kenzaburō Hara
Starring
CinematographyKuratarō Takamura
Music byTaichiro Kosugi
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • October 11, 1959 (1959-10-11) ( Japan)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

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

Wataridori series
  • Kuchibue ga Nagareru Minatomachi (1960)[11]
  • Naked Youth -A Story of Cruelty (1960)[12]
  • Sword and Devotion (1960)[13]
  • The Spook Cottage(1960)[14]
  • The Rambler under the Southern Cross(1961)[15]
  • Ōunabara wo Yuku Wataridori (1961)[16]
  • Kitakikōyori Wataridori Kitae Kaeru (1962)[17]

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.


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