Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. Upon his release, he meets the dying widow of one of hid followers and takes her to her father, Boss Shiomasa, who take him into his family. But when Shiomasa is killed by an old enemy, Shigejiro is obligated to take revenge...
- Year: 1966
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Crime, Action
- Studio: Toei Company
- Keyword: japan, yakuza, shōwa era (1926-89)
- Director: Kiyoshi Saeki
- Cast: Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Harumi Sone, Akikane Sawa, Kenji Ushio, Keishiro Kojima