The Buddy: Yaji and Kita

Categories: Comedy, History
Tajibee, a cockfighting expert from Kawachi, and Kitahachi, a carpenter from Edo, survive a shipwreck near Beppu. They rescue Sakamoto Ryoma from masked samurai, and he entrusts them with a secret letter for Saigo Takamori of Satsuma. A shogunate spy, Chizou, overhears and pursues them. Along the way, a pickpocket named Okoma steals their wallet and the letter. When they finally deliver the letter in Satsuma, they realize it was a decoy to mislead the enemy.

Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1982-03-12
Run time: 91 minute / 1:31
Director: Yuji Makiguchi
Writers: Tsunehisa Ito, Akira Murao.
Production Company : Toei Company
Production Country: Japan