DORA HEITA

どら平太

Alley cat Heita

1 Presentation

2 Brotherhood

3 Showdown

Movie Data

Title: Alley cat
Original: どら平太 Dora Heita
Published: 2000
Length: 111 Minuten

Staff
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Script: Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi
Music: Kensaku Tanikawa

Cast
Koji Yakusho : Koheita Mochizuki
Yuko Asano : Kosei
Tsurutaro Kataoka : Yasukawa
Ryudo Uzaki: Senba

Plot

A new magistrate (judge) appears in a small fief. He is the fourth within a year, the predecessors had all given up. His goal is to clean up the wicked Horisoto area, a focus of smuggling, red light, gambling and crime. In doing so, he uses malice, misperceptions and prejudices of his opponents to defeat his enemies and eliminate corruption. His girlfriend from Edo appears as an additional problem.