CRUEL TALES OF BUSHIDO
Directed by: IMAI Tadashi
Cast: NAKAMURA Kinnosuke, ARIMA Ineko, MITA Yoshiko, OKA Satomi
Master director Imai Tadashi teams up with Nakamura Kinnosuke in this
controversial epic based on the novel by Nanjo Norio. The film depicts the bloody
history of loyalty and the samurai spirit still alive in the Japanese culture today, in
seven grotesque tales of seven generations from the Edo period to now.
When Iigura
Susumu's fiancée attempts suicide, he is reminded of his family history recorded in
his ancestors' journals, about generations of samurai who sacrificed themselves in
order to serve their lords and the nation. Terror strikes him as he realizes that he's
about to repeat his family's horrific history.
Remastered Print
1963 - Color - 16:9 Anamorphic
Japanese with English subtitles
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