Nihon Meisaku Gekijo (Japanese Masterpiece Theater) Volume 3: Sanmanryo Gojusan-tsugi (30,000 Ryo and the Fifty-Three Stations) Director/Screenplay: Keigo Kimura, Original Work: Kodo Nomura Starring: Denjiro Ohkouchi Daiei Kyoto Studios, 1952, 65 minutes / Same as original version DVD Disc surface is generally in good condition. Playback has been confirmed, no problems. Jacket is generally in good condition. DVD storage case has scratches. Instant purchase OK. Thank you. [Description] During a time when the country was in an uproar over the debate of isolationism versus opening up to the world due to the successive arrivals of the Black Ships, the chief retainer, Bitchu-no-kami Hotta, strongly advocated for opening the country. He decided to send 30,000 ryo of gold to Kyoto to appease the court nobles in Kyoto who opposed opening the country. Contrary to everyone's expectations, the great task was given to a ronin (masterless samurai), Kurando Baba. Baba set off on a journey to Kyoto, carrying sixteen packages, which he claimed were the Sixteen Bodhisattvas to be donated to a temple in Kyoto, loaded on eight horses. At the same time, a bridal procession, guarded by the best detective in Edo, Chohei Karigane, departed from Nihonbashi for Kyoto. Ronin from the anti-shogunate faction aiming for the 30,000 ryo, a gang led by the greedy thief Ushiwaka Kozo and the female thief Oren, Sanzaemon Yamagiwa, who was not only robbed of the great task by Kurando but also had his heart broken by the loss of Sayuri, the daughter of the chief retainer, and Sayuri herself, who was worried about Kurando, all followed the same journey along the Fifty-Three Stations... Will Kurando be able to fulfill his great task?