Overview
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
Director and cast
- Keisuke Kinoshita Director
- Takahiro Tamura as Sadahei
- Hideko Takamine as Okei
- Matsumoto Hakuō II as Sozo, 1st son
- Shima Iwashita as Ume, daughter
- Kichiemon Nakamura II as Yasuzo - 2nd Son
- Shinji Tanaka as Heikichi - 3rd Son
- Michiko Araki Cast
- Yūsuke Kawazu Cast
- Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII Cast
- Yoshi Katō Cast
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