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The Betrayal (1966)
Directed by Tokuzô Tanaka
Overview
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan’s good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he’ll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Raizō Ichikawa | Kaoru Yachigusa | Shiho Fujimura | Ichirô Nakatani | Ryûtarô Gomi | Taketoshi Naitô | Takuya Fujioka | Asao Uchida | Yoshi Katô | Akihisa Toda | Kôichi Mizuhara | Saburo Date | Shinobu Araki | Yoshio Yoshida | Ikkei Tamaki | Yûsaku Terashima | Gen Kimura | Sei Hiraizumi | Kayo Mikimoto | Ikuko Môri | Shôzô Nanbu | Yukio Horikita | Kanae Kobayashi | Kazuo Moriuchi