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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963)
Directed by Tokuzô Tanaka
Overview
The shogun’s vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn’t notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Raizō Ichikawa | Yukiko Fuji | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Yutaka Nakamura | Jûrô Sasa | Jun'ichirô Narita | Eijirô Yanagi | Michiko Ai | Chitose Maki | Junko Kozakura | Ikuko Môri | Chikako Hosokawa | Yoshi Katô | Hiroshi Nawa | Shinjirô Asano | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Shinobu Araki | Ichirô Sugai | Shôsaku Sugiyama | Saburo Date | Manabu Morita | Eigoro Onoe