Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Apr 28, 1963

2h 2m

★ 6.8

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Maki, Shuzo's wife

Ineko Arima

Fuji

Satomi Oka

Lady Hagi

Kyôko Kishida

Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

Misako Watanabe

Kyoko Hitomi

Yoshiko Mita

Takahiro Hori

Yoshi Katō

Saburobei Konoe

Kei Satō

Gohei

Masao Oda

Gonnosuke Shizuta

Eijirō Yanagi

Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori

Shinjirō Ehara

Hirotaro Iguchi

Isao Kimura

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