The Life of a Horse Trader
1951, Japanese. Directed by Keigo Kimura.
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 7 December 1951
- Original title
- 馬喰一代
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Keigo Kimura, Masashige Narusawa
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The Life of a Horse Trader runs 113 minutes (1h 53m).
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The Life of a Horse Trader isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 December 1951. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Life of a Horse Trader?
The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) was directed by Keigo Kimura and stars Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura.