Asakusa Kurenaidan

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA CINEMA COLLECTION February 2019: KYO Machiko Special] First DVD release! The first DVD release of Machiko Kyo's sword play! Nobuko Otowa, the pure-hearted diva, aims at her love rival, unaware that she is her sister! A passionate tale of love and revenge based on Kawabata Yasunari's masterpiece! --Maki Ayukawa, a popular member of the Asakusa Follies, has been asked to go to his mistress, Shimakichi, as an excuse for the money he borrowed from Nakane, an entertainment broker in Asakusa. Nakane, who was originally after Maki, ordered his dry ministers to scare Shimakichi out of Asakusa, but Shimakichi reversed the order and stabbed Hori, one of the dry ministers. Shimakichi then left Asakusa, telling Maki that he would surely come back for him. A year later, Shimakichi returned to Asakusa. One night, Shimakichi saved a country girl. But she was Nakane's adopted daughter, Beniryuko, a female sword-play actress, and it was a trap to lure him out...

[角川シネマコレクション2019年 2月度: 京マチ子特集] 初DVD化! 凄艶、京マチ子の女剣劇! 姉とは知らず恋敵と狙う純情の歌姫、乙羽信子! 川端康成の名作から生まれた、恋と復讐の激情巨編! ――浅草フォリーズの人気者・鮎川マキは、浅草の興行ブローカーの中根から借りた金の言い訳に、愛人の島吉に行って貰った。もともとマキが目当ての中根は乾分に命じて島吉をおどかし、浅草から追い出そうとしたが、島吉は逆に乾分の一人、堀を刺してしまった。そして、必ず迎えに来るとマキにいい残して島吉は浅草を去った。一年後、島吉は浅草へ舞い戻って来た。ある夜、島吉は一人の田舎娘を救った。が、彼女は中根の養女の女剣劇、紅龍子で、島吉をおびき出す罠だった・・・。