Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
2h 6m
Running Time
October 30, 1955Release Date

Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
2h 6m
Running Time
October 30, 1955Release Date
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Plot.
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
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Cast & Crew.

Chikage Awashima
絵島

Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
生島新五郎

Mitsuko Kusabue
宇津

Mieko Takamine
月光院

Kuniko Miyake
天英院

Ichikawa Sadanji III
家宣

小林きよし
家継

阪東彦三郎
紀州公吉宗

Teiji Takahashi
間部越前守

Tatsuya Ishiguro
新井白石

Eijirō Yanagi
土屋相模守

Joji Kaieda
秋本但馬守

Kōmei Minami
安藤志摩守

Akitake Kōno
奥山好竹院

Isao Yamagata
山田宗円

Yatsuko Tan'ami
宮路

Kyōko Kusajima
梅山

Yōko Kozono
友音

高木悠子
小のぶ

Sadako Sawamura
玉椿

Shōroku Onoe II
市川団十郎

Shigeru Onoe
山中平九郎

尾上菊蔵
滝井半四郎

市川滝之亟
藤村半太夫

Ryōsuke Kagawa
山村長太夫

Hiroshi Aoyama
清七

尾上多賀之亟
津賀屋善六

Mitsuo Nagata
後藤縫之助

Kōji Mitsui
岡本五郎右衛門

Yoshito Yamaji
谷口新平

Shinobu Araki
老中

Fujio Suga
仙石

Daisuke Katō
井口

Tomiemon Otomo
吉宗の家臣

Jinichi Amano
津雲

Rintarō Fujima
阿部豊後守

福安賢洋
Recording Supervision

Seiichi Funahashi
Original Story

市瀬与一郎
Lighting Technician

Takao Yanai
Adaptation

Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design

高村潔
Production Controller

Tatsuo Hamada
Art Direction

村田政雄
Lighting Technician

白井和夫
Producer

Hideo Ishimoto
Cinematography

Masayoshi Ikeda
Music

Hideo Ōba
Director
Details.
Release DateOctober 30, 1955
Original Name絵島生島
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 6m
Genres
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