Movielogr
The Tragedy of Bushido (1960)
Directed by Eitaro Morikawa
Overview
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…
Length 74 minutes
Actors
Miki Mori | Junichiro Yamashita | Hizuru Takachiho | Fumio Watanabe | Mutsuko Sakura | Sohei Kurata | Sōnosuke Oda | Shichisaburo Amatsu | Haruo Inoue | Akio Miyajima | Tsuneo Ikeda | Shōzō Ogawa | Sôshirô Matsumoto | Tomoomi Yoda | Jun Kashima | Jo Azumi | Mitsuo Nagata | Shin Nakahara | Rintarô Fujima | Ryûtarô Gomi | Shimezo Kataoka | Kikutaro Onoe | Kenzô Tanaka | Fujio Sasagawa | Saburo Komyoji | Saburô Kumoi | Kunichika Nagai | 松原宏二