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Last Days of the Samurai (1957)
Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa
Overview
Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play “Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi”, which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.
Length 53 minutes
Actors
Senjaku Nakamura | Hakuô Matsumoto | Ganjirô Nakamura | Minosuke Yamada | Chikage Oogi | Someshô Matsumoto | Shirô Tsuchiya | Akira Kitchôji | Seiichi Arakawa | Ryu Akizuki | Haruo Tanaka | Akihiko Hirata | Shin Morikawa | Itaru Ose