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During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan lord requests that Isaburo's son marry the lord's mistress, with whom he's displeased, even though she's born him a son. Isaburo wants to refuse, but his son Yogoro accepts the woman, Ichi, and they fall deeply in love. Their love renews Isaburo, so when the clan lord's elder son dies and the lord sends for Ichi to return to his side as mother of his heir, Isaburo opposes his lord. Yogoro and Ichi, who now have a baby daughter, stand with him. The clan orders their suicide, then sends soldiers to kill them. Isaburo's only hope is to take his case to Edo to expose the clan's cruelty. Can he?
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Script
Shinobu Hashimoto
Yasuhiko Takiguchi (novel)
Cast
Emi Yamada
Etsuko Ichihara
Hideo Fukuhara
Hisama Yamaoka
Isao Yamagata
Jun Hamamura
Masao Mishima
Michiko Otsuka
Noriko Kawajiri
Shigeru Koyama
Takamaru Sasaki
Takeshi Kato (Go Kato)
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Tetsuko Kobayashi
Toshiro Mifune
Tomoko Hito
Yoko Tsukasa
Yoshio Aoki
Publisher : Toei
Audio : Japanese
Video : WideScreen
Subtitles : English
Running Time : 120mins
Release Year : 1967
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