Blood-Stained Challenge

Chimatsuri Kenkajo 血祭り喧嘩状

Director: Toshio Masuda 舛田利雄
Released: April 10, 1966
Distributor: Nikkatsu
Screenplay: Toshio Masuda 舛田利雄 and Kenro Matsuura 松浦健郎

Starring:
Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 as Sakae
Hideki Takahashi 高橋英樹 as Ginjiro
Jo Shishido 宍戸錠 as Seiji
Tatsuya Fuji 藤竜也 as Miyakawa
Izumi Ashikawa 芦川いづみ as Koharu
Masako Izumi 和泉雅子 as Tamae
Yuji Odaka 小高雄二 as Chokichi Daikashi
Naoyuki Abe 阿部尚之 as Keita
Takashi Kanda 神田隆 as Kinsuke
Isao Tamagawa 玉川伊佐男 as Kanpachi Daikashi
Ichiro Kijima 木島一郎 as Tsunekichi
Shoki Fukae 深江章喜 as Kakura
Hiroshi Sugie 杉江弘 as Masagoro Daikashi
Shiro Yanase 柳瀬志郎 as Shigeru
Shin Katsutoshi 新克利 as Shikimura
Kaku Takashina 高品格
Mikiko Sakai 堺美紀子
Keisuke Noro 野呂圭介
Terue Shigemori 重盛輝江
Nobuo Kawakami 河上信夫

Info:

Also known as Blood Shed and Tales Of Japanese Chivalry: Invitation To A Bloodbath.

The first film to be released from Toshio Masuda's "Yakuza Diaries" series.

Plot:

Ginjiro (Hideki Takahashi) was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.

Thanks to Nikkatsu.com for the synopsis.