The Abe Clan (1995)
1h 34m
Running Time
November 24, 1995Release Date
The Abe Clan (1995)
1h 34m
Running Time
November 24, 1995Release Date
Plot.
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died. Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon obeyed his former lord's last wish but is now being called a coward by his comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his family's honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in. This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.
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Cast & Crew.
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Abe Yaich'emon
Yumi Asou
Tae
Mariko Fuji
O'ichi
Renji Ishibashi
Hayashi Geki
Shojiro Nakaoka
Hayashi Geki
Keizo Kanie
Abe Gonbei
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Seichi Ichiko
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 1995
Original Name阿部一族
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
Wiki.
The Abe Clan (阿部一族, Abe ichizoku) is a 1995 Japanese historical television film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is an adaptation of the 1913 Japanese short story "Abe ichizoku" by Mori Ōgai, which had previously been adapted into a 1938 theatrical film directed by Hisatora Kumagai and released by Toho.