Ninkyō Shimizu-minato (任侠清水港, Ninkyō Shimizu-minato, Port of Honor[2]) is a 1957 color Japanese film, directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda (松田定次), and the first of an all-star cast trilogy, loosely based on the legend of Shimizu Jirocho (1820–1893), Japan's most famous gangster and folk hero,[3] whose life and exploits were featured in sixteen films between 1911 and 1940.
They eventually find the fugitive hiding out at the property of another gangster boss, Kansuke (Eijiro Tono), who unknowingly shelters a wanted man.
He calls off the battle and instructs his men to assist poor farmers, villagers and temples as part of his spiritual atonement.
The third part, Road of Chivalry was even more successful and earned ¥350 million, again being the highest-grossing film at the annual box office.
[4] According to film critic Pablo Knote, the trilogy was essential in establishing director Sadatsugu Matsuda as "Japan's financially most successful filmmaker of the 1950s".