Film

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

19611h 19mAction

Director: Buichi Saitō
Year: 1961

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.

Top cast

Akira Kobayashi

Joe Shishido

Ruriko Asaoka

Yuji Odaka

Hiroshi Kondō

Mari Shiraki

Yuzo Kiura

Shōki Fukae

Keisuke Noro

Kōji Seyama

Tomio Aoki

Kotoe Hatsui

Toshiaki Itō

Arihiro Fujimura

Masao Shimizu

Nobuo Kaneko

Eizo Kurata

Mitsuru Sawa

Directed by

Buichi Saitō

Written by

Gan Yamazaki