Released Date:
1967-12-01
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
128 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.4 (6798 Reviews)
Director:
Masaki KobayashiShinobu Hashimoto
Yasuhiko Takiguchi (novel)
During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan lord requests that Isaburo's son marry the lord's mistress, with whom he's displeased, even though she's born him a son. Isaburo wants to refuse, but his son Yogoro accepts the woman, Ichi, and they fall deeply in love. Their love renews Isaburo, so when the clan lord's elder son dies and the lord sends for Ichi to return to his side as mother of his heir, Isaburo opposes his lord. Yogoro and Ichi, who now have a baby daughter, stand with him. The clan orders their suicide, then sends soldiers to kill them. Isaburo's only hope is to take his case to Edo to expose the clan's cruelty. Can he?
Released Date:
1975-10-10
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
143 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (591 Reviews)
Director:
Yoshitarè NomuraShinobu Hashimoto
Seichè Matsumoto (novel)
Yoshitarè Nomura
Yèji Yamada
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
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