The Abe Clan
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Koichi Sato, Hiroyuki Sanada, Keizo Kanie
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of
society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei
(1624.2.30-1644.12.16), Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died.
Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died,
they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao,
Tadatoshis son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon
obeyed his former lords last wish but is now being called a coward by his
comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his
familys honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family
unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the
lords troops moved in This is the true story of what happened within the
Hosokawa clan in early Edo era. A masterpiece by director Kinji Fukasaku that
boldly depicts the struggle between humanity and the code of the Samurai.
This is the Directors Cut version
Re-mastered, with removable English
Subtitles and DVD Extras.
1995 Color Fullscreen
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