Film

Ootone no Taiketsu

1955 · 1h 20m

In the town of Yumoto, Asakichi, a left-arm-less gambler who had been winning at the gambling hall, was attracted by the sound of a faintly heard storyteller, Saman, and left his seat. Asakichi was fascinated by the voice of Oyasu, who sounded exactly like his wife Ochiyo, who had died three years earlier. Asakichi told Oyasu that Ochiyo had fled with him to his home town of Omigawa just before he was deposed by the samurai Shingo Inaba, but that he had put her through a lot of hardship to make her die. Oyasu's husband Tokujiro was a palace carpenter in Edo, but his skills were damaged and he came to take a cure. Asakichi heard about Oyasu's story and offered him money, and Tokujiro's arm was almost completely healed by Oyasu's nursing care.

Shōgo Shimada

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Kogiku Hanayagi

Kenjirō Ishiyama

• Taizō FuyushimaDirector
• Daisuke ItōScreenplay
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 10, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 20m