Movielogr
Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
Directed by Hideo Oba
Overview
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
Length 126 minutes
Actors
Chikage Awashima | Ichikawa Danjūrō XI | Mitsuko Kusabue | Mieko Takamine | Kuniko Miyake | Ichikawa Sadanji III | 小林きよし | 阪東彦三郎 | Teiji Takahashi | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Eijirô Yanagi | Joji Kaieda | Kômei Minami | Akitake Kôno | Isao Yamagata | Yatsuko Tan'ami | Kyôko Kusajima | Yôko Kozono | 高木悠子 | Sadako Sawamura | Shôroku Onoe | Shigeru Onoe | 尾上菊蔵 | 市川滝之亟 | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Hiroshi Aoyama | 尾上多賀之亟 | Mitsuo Nagata | Kôji Mitsui | Yoshito Yamaji | Shinobu Araki | Fujio Suga | Daisuke Katô | Tomiemon Otomo | Jinichi Amano | Rintarô Fujima