"THE KOSUZUME PASS" "Director:" "Koroku Numata" "Starring:" "Hataya Ichikawa Shinpei Takagi Tamataro Ichikawa" "Ichitaro Kataoka Tsumasaburo Bando Koebi Ichikawa" "Shoko Ichikawa Yoshiko Tanaka Shizuko Mori" "Meet Tokutaro, a candy boy with a sad past." "Young as he is , he travels alone and sells sweets." "This is the famous Kosuzume Pass." "In the teahouse in the Pass once lived a girl called Omitsu, who was known far and wide for her beauty." ""My home is the Kosuzume Pass, famous for its delicacies, sweet inari, ohagi rice cakes, and the candy of Omitsu's teahouse"" "In her heart, fresh and tender like a wild flower, bloomed a secret love." "She had pledged eternal love to a handsome young samurai," "Mochizuki Kojuro." "As a samurai, Mochizuki had to return to his hometown and serve his lord." "But Omitsu already carried a child." "Before long, she gave birth to a beautiful boy." "The condescending attitude of her fellow villagers forced the young mother to leave her home for a life in exile." "Change your ways!" "We will change only when the sun rises from the west." "If you want money, I'll give you mine." "You can't live this life forever." "I want to become an honest man." "His two friends left him like tree leaves blown by the cold autumn wind." "It was in this moment of loneliness and desperation that he saw the truth." "Some time later..." "In this town lived a famous master of the sword, a middle-aged samurai known by the name Mochizuki Sanzaemon." "Sanzaemon was a brave and gentle man, but a long-hidden secret of his past cast a shadow over his life." "Mochizuki had never married." "He declined all attempts of well-wishers to find him a wife." "Osaki, the only daughter of the swordmaker Bizenya, was deeply in love with Mochizuki." ""Forgive me." "I already have a wife and a child. "" "That is right ." "He is the samurai who ten years ago fell in love with Omitsu at Kosuzume Pass." "Meet the chief retainer's son, a vain woman-chaser, Kasuya Momonosuke." "October 5" "Today Mochizuki is invited in the home of the swordmaker." "Tokutaro begins a song." ""My home is the Kosuzume Pass, famous for its delicacies, "" ""sweet inari, ohagi rice cakes, "" ""and the candy of Omitsu's teahouse"" ""That song... "" "Where are you from?" "The Kosuzume Pass in Shinano, sir." "My mother taught me that song." "Father, father!" "I've been looking for you." "The boy told the sad story of his mother's death and his lone journey to search for his father." "What a sad story." "If your father were here today, he would be so proud of you." "I am really your father." "Look at this face!" "The face of an honest man!" "We've all changed a lot." "In an amazing turn of events the candy boy became a noble heir ." "Next, Tokutaro had to be introduced to the local lord." "It was a painful moment for Mochizuki, seeing his son humiliated in front of everybody." "He should become an entertainer." "It's a waste to train him to be a samurai." "A while later." "You're a shame to the name of the samurai." "Useless candy boy!" "You did what you had to do." "Master, let me take responsibility and commit seppuku!" "I take all responsibility." "The custom that upheld the superiority of the samurai class, led to this hideous bloodshed." "Must we part?" "Heiji..." "We shall humbly accept your sacrifice and leave this town to live in exile." "Thus they descended into the thickening twilight , and took their separate ways." "Mochizuki and his only son Tokutaro set off on a life of wandering."