When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the woman's husband blames himself for his wife's straying and attempts to thwart the law demanding...
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Cast
| Rentarô Mikuni | ... |
Hikokurô Ogura
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| Ineko Arima | ... |
Otane, Hikokurô's wife
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| Masayuki Mori | ... |
Miyaji, the drum teacher
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Sumiko Hidaka | ... |
Oyura
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Keiko Yukishiro |
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Tomoko Naraoka | ... |
Maid Orin
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Emiko Azuma |
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| Kikue Môri | ... |
Kiku, the grandmother
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Shizue Natsukawa | ... |
Naka
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| Kichiemon Nakamura | ... |
Bunroku Ogura
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| Nobuo Kaneko | ... |
Yukaemon Isobe
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| Eijirô Tôno | ... |
Mataemon Kurokawa
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| Ichirô Sugai | ... |
Shirobei Ôta
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| Yoshi Katô | ... |
Heima Kanze
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| Taiji Tonoyama | ... |
Sangobei Masayama
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| Eijirô Yanagi | ... |
Toki Yonebayashi
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| Someshô Matsumoto |
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| Jun Hamamura |
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Ton Shimada |
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| Kôjirô Kusanagi |
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Takashi Natsuda |
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Shirô Tone |
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Yasuo Igarashi |
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Kôshirô Harada |
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Directed by
| Tadashi Imai | ||
Written by
| Monzaemon Chikamatsu | ... | (play) |
| Shinobu Hashimoto | ... | (writer) |
| Kaneto Shindô | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Dai Arakawa | ... | assistant producer |
| Tengo Yamada | ... | producer |
Music by
| Akira Ifukube | ||
Cinematography by
| Shunichirô Nakao | ||
Film Editing by
| Akikazu Kôno | ||
Art Direction by
| Hiroshi Mizutani | ||
Set Decoration by
| Takeshi Arakawa | ||
Production Management
| Eisaku Matsuura | ... | executive in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Takashi Inomata | ... | assistant director |
| Yasushi Kikuchi | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Toshiharu Takazu | ... | set researcher |
Sound Department
| Masatoshi Kuga | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
| Akikata Okada | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ryôji Asami | ... | lighting technician |
| Mitsuharu Hirata | ... | gaffer |
| Tadahiko Matsuda | ... | assistant camera |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Yoshio Ueno | ... | costume researcher |
Music Department
| Tamekichi Mochizuki | ... | Japanese music |
| Sarujirô Toyosawa | ... | Japanese music |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Shochiku (1958) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (United States) (tv) (original airing) (subtitled version)
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Storyline
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When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the woman's husband blames himself for his wife's straying and attempts to thwart the law demanding capital punishment.
Written by Jim Beaver |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Both of the distinguished screenwriters who adapted this film from the famous Monzaemon Chikamatsu puppet play, "The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa," Kaneto Shindô and Shinobu Hashimoto, would subsequently die at the age of 100 years, Shindo in May 2012 and Hashimoto in July 2018. According to IMDB, this is the only screenplay on which they collaborated. See more » |