Japan Synopsis
待ち伏せ
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Incident at Blood Pass. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Incident at Blood Pass itself).
The 1969–1971 Japan Window
Incident at Blood Pass holds position #27 of 64 Japan films in the 1969–1971 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Incident at Blood Pass premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Japan films in 1970.
The 333rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 36% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 5th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Incident at Blood Pass, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- katana sword · 5
- inn · 4
- double cross · 3
- betrayal · 28
- edo period · 19
- ronin · 18
- samurai sword · 16
- bandit · 12
- ambush · 6
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
- sword fight · 56
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,610 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,037 of 1,714 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Mifune Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | April 21, 1970 |
| IMDb | tt0066031 |