Summary Jidai-geki surprisingly critical of bushido codes and practice of seppuku (aka hara-kiri). Yaichiemon Abe, denied permission to commit ritual suicide with more than a dozen vassals to Lord Hosokawa, commits suicide anyway, which in turn brings ruin upon his survivors, who are punished for misdeed. View more details
Directed : Hisatora Kumagai
Written : Hisatora Kumagai Ogai Mori Masao Adachi
Stars : Masako Tsutsumi Chôjûrô Kawarasaki Kan'emon Nakamura Shizue Yamagishi
Genres : Drama
Release date : Mar 1, 1938
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Toho Eiga (Tokyo)
Summary Jidai-geki surprisingly critical of bushido codes and practice of seppuku (aka hara-kiri). Yaichiemon Abe, denied permission to commit ritual suicide with more than a dozen vassals to Lord Hosokawa, commits suicide anyway, which in turn brings ruin upon his survivors, who are punished for misdeed. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Mar 1, 1938
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Toho Eiga (Tokyo)
