Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Ineko Arima
Maki, Shuzo's wife
Satomi Oka
Fuji
Kyôko Kishida
Lady Hagi
Misako Watanabe
Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
Yoshiko Mita
Kyoko Hitomi
Yoshi Katō
Takahiro Hori
Kei Satō
Saburobei Konoe
Masao Oda
Gohei
Eijirō Yanagi
Gonnosuke Shizuta
Shinjirō Ehara
Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori
Isao Kimura
Hirotaro Iguchi
Eijirō Tōno
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Masayuki Mori
Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
Kikko Matsuoka
Sato, Shuzo's daughter
Hiroshi Ohkawa
Producer
Ushio Akashi
Chief retainer
Yoshirō Aoki
Vassal
Michiko Araki
Shigeno, Kyutaro's mother
Emiko Azuma
Hori Tamba's wife
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Nobuo Kawai
Shimoda
Tsukie Matsuura
Old Woman
Masahiko Naruse
Okitomo Tamuna
Yukio Ninagawa
Kamikaze pilot
Kō Nishimura
Yamaoka
Toranosuke Ogawa
Executive Kihara
Yūzaburō Sakaguchi
Kamikaze pilot
Seishiro Sawamura
Shichisaburo
Miki Shimamura
Jyujiro
Kei Yamamoto
Kazuma Noda
Midori Yamamoto
Hatsuko
Ryuji Kita
Kitazawa
Tadashi Imai
Director
Makoto Tsudoi
Director of Photography
Norio Nanjō
Story
Naoyuki Suzuki
Writer
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Kōsaku Yamashita
Assistant Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 28, 1963
Original Name武士道残酷物語
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
samurai
family history
spanning generations
social critique
salaryman
Wiki.
Bushido, Samurai Saga (武士道残酷物語, Bushidō zankoku monogatari), also titled Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai and Cruel Tale of Bushido, is a 1963 Japanese drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. It continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the better samurai pictures ever filmed.
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