Tanbei of Chigashira

A thief named Kumehachi is captured and tortured by the officers of chief Heizō Hasegawa, head of the special police who has jurisdiction over arson-robberies in Edo. Kumehachi refuses to talk saying that he kept to the principles of his former boss Tanbei of Chigashira of: never kill, never steal from the poor and never rape women. When a wooden tag with the name Tanbei of Chigashira on it is left at the scene of two robberies and massacres, Kumehachi asks Hasegawa to let him capture the person posing as his former leader. Hasegawa agrees, and Kumehachi finds the location of Tanbei and his group. He leads Hasegawa and his officers to their hideout and in the ensuing fight, all except Tanbei is killed. Kumehachi confronts him about breaking his three principles, but Tanbei just laughs and says that that was in the past. Kumehachi refuses to accept it and accuses him of being and imposter and he is arrested. Hasegawa then asks if Kumehachi will spy for him. Later, Hasegawa’s son Tatsuzo says that he is returning from training at the dojo, but has lipstick on his coat, and the smell of woman’s face powder on him

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