Runtime: 95 min
Average vote: 6.1
Release date: 1958-04-15
Director: Tadashi Imai
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
Rentaro Mikuni
as
Hikokurô Ogura
Ineko Arima
as
Otane, Hikokur...
Masayuki Mori
as
Miyaji, the dr...
Sumiko Hidaka
as
Oyura
Keiko Yukishiro
Tomoko Naraoka
as
Orin
Emiko Azuma
Kikue Mōri
Shizue Natsuka...
Mannosuke Naka...
Nobuo Kaneko
Eijirō Tōno
Ichirō Sugai
Yoshi Katō
Taiji Tonoyama
Eijirō Yanagi
Someshō Matsum...
Jun Hamamura
Ton Shimada
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kōshirō Harada