Film

The Tragedy of Bushido

1960 · 1h 14m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

A 16-year-old youth is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy. However, the following day, an official decree is issued to ban suicide through fidelity...

Miki Mori

Junichiro Yamashita

Hizuru Takachiho

Fumio Watanabe

Mutsuko Sakura

Sōhei Kurata

Sōnosuke Oda

Shichisaburo Amatsu

Haruo Inoue

Akio Miyajima

Tsuneo Ikeda

Shōzō Ogawa

Sōshirō Matsumoto

Tomoomi Yoda

Jun Kashima

Jo Azumi

• Eitaro MorikawaDirector · Screenplay
• Gin'ichi KishimotoExecutive Producer
• Takao KawarazakiDirector of Photography
• Riichirō ManabeOriginal Music Composer
• Eiji AmanoEditor

Release date

November 30, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Drama