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Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

20161h 45m

Overview

Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is deeply in love with Inomatsu and believes that the purpose of her life is to devote herself to her husband day and night. However, Oritsu is Inomatsu's fourth wife. In fact, he is a robber and thief. As a carpenter, Inomatsu usually sneaked into merchants' houses and carried out robberies. For him, wives are just a tool to deceive the public...

Directed by Akira Inoue
Written by Narito Kaneko, Shotaro Ikenami
Produced by Kohei Adachi, Tetsuo Sasho, 嶋村希保
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Top Cast

Ainosuke Kataoka

Ainosuke Kataoka

Inomatsu

Aki Maeda

Aki Maeda

Oritsu

Yōko Yamamoto

Yōko Yamamoto

Yorie Yamashita

Yorie Yamashita

Yuta Kanai

Yuta Kanai

Bokuzo Masana

Bokuzo Masana

Kenjiro Nashimoto

Kenjiro Nashimoto

Jundai Yamada

Jundai Yamada

Shozo Uesugi

Shozo Uesugi

Ayako Yoshitani

Ayako Yoshitani

Themes & Keywords

jidaigekiedo period

About Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife is a drama, crime film released in 2016 exploring themes of jidaigeki, edo period. Directed by Akira Inoue, it stars Ainosuke Kataoka, Aki Maeda, Yōko Yamamoto. Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is deeply in love with Inomatsu and believes that the purpose of her life is to devote herself to her husband day and night. However, Oritsu is Inomatsu's fourth wife. In fact, he is a robber and thief. As a carpenter, Inomatsu usually sneaked into merchants' houses and carried out robberies. For him, wives are just a tool to deceive the public...

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