The Buddy: Yaji and Kita
The Buddy: Yaji and Kita
1982, Japanese. Directed by Yuji Makiguchi.
Tajibee, a cockfighting expert from Kawachi, and Kitahachi, a carpenter from Edo, survive a shipwreck near Beppu. They rescue Sakamoto Ryoma from masked samurai, and he entrusts them with a secret letter for Saigo Takamori of Satsuma. A shogunate spy, Chizou, overhears and pursues them. Along the way, a pickpocket named Okoma steals their wallet and the letter. When they finally deliver the letter in Satsuma, they realize it was a decoy to mislead the enemy.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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- Released
- 12 March 1982
- Original title
- ザ・ヤジキタ
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tsunehisa Ito, Akira Murao
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The Buddy: Yaji and Kita runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Who directed The Buddy: Yaji and Kita?
The Buddy: Yaji and Kita (1982) was directed by Yuji Makiguchi and stars Takuzō Kawatani, Mitsuo Senda, Tatsuo Umemiya.