Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

忠次旅日記 忠次御用篇

Also known as A Diary of Chuji's Travels III, Chuji's Travel Diary, Chuji Tabinikki Daisanbu Goyohen, Chuji Tabinikki (Goyohen), 忠次旅日記

The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.