Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 · 2h 2m · N/A
Action, Drama, History
Directed by
Tadashi Imai
Overview
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
Director and cast
- Tadashi Imai Director
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
- Ineko Arima as Maki, Shuzo's wife
- Satomi Oka as Fuji
- Kyôko Kishida as Lady Hagi
- Misako Watanabe as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
- Yoshiko Mita as Kyoko Hitomi
- Yoshi Katō as Takahiro Hori
- Kei Satō as Saburobei Konoe
- Masao Oda as Gohei
- Eijirō Yanagi as Gonnosuke Shizuta
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