Vendetta of a Samurai (決闘鍵屋の辻, Kettō kagiya no tsuji) is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kazuo Mori[1] made for Toho and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura.
[2][3][4] Araki Mataemon (Toshiro Mifune), a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance, an event known as the Igagoe vendetta.
The opening scene has Araki sternly accosting Jinza with a formal proclamation of vengeance for the killing of his family member.
The facts surrounding the vendetta have been expanded and distorted through the telling, and the villain Jinza was actually a noble man and the close friend of Mataemon Araki, whom he faces off against at Kagiya corner.
The narrative returns to November 7, 1634, and Mataemon's party arrives at an inn on the site one hour before the fight will take place.