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The River Fuefuki
The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

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In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

117 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

19 October 1960

Country

Japan

Cast

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Sadahei

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Okei

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Sozo - 1st Son

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Yasuzo - 2nd Son

Shinji Tanaka

Shinji Tanaka

Heikichi - 3rd Son

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Ume - Daughter

Michiko Araki

Michiko Araki

Tatsu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Jiro

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII

Takeda Shingen

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Ojii

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Kuniko Igawa

Kuniko Igawa

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisano Yamaoka

Etsuko Ichihara

Etsuko Ichihara

Toru Takeuchi

Toru Takeuchi

Hiroko Itō

Hiroko Itō

Toshiko Yabuki

Toshiko Yabuki

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Izumi Hara

Izumi Hara

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shin Ibuki

Shin Ibuki

Tokuji Kobayashi

Tokuji Kobayashi

Rō Ose

Rō Ose

Masanao Kawakane

Masanao Kawakane

Tsutomu Niijima

Tsutomu Niijima

Jun Tanizaki

Jun Tanizaki

Akie Kokubu

Akie Kokubu

Eiji Tsumura

Eiji Tsumura

Hideo Asami

Hideo Asami

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

Hisashi Taki

Hisashi Taki

Kazuo Kobayashi

Kazuo Kobayashi

Kanji Ōsugi

Kanji Ōsugi

Haruko Chichibu

Haruko Chichibu

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