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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

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HistoryActionDrama

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After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

28 April 1963

Country

Japan

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Maki, Shuzo's wife

Satomi Oka

Satomi Oka

Fuji

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Lady Hagi

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Kyoko Hitomi

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Takahiro Hori

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Saburobei Konoe

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Gohei

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Gonnosuke Shizuta

Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara

Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Hirotaro Iguchi

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Kikko Matsuoka

Kikko Matsuoka

Sato, Shuzo's daughter

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Akashi

Chief retainer

Yoshirō Aoki

Yoshirō Aoki

Vassal

Michiko Araki

Michiko Araki

Shigeno, Kyutaro's mother

Emiko Azuma

Emiko Azuma

Hori Tamba's wife

Akira Hanagami

Akira Hanagami

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Minken Karasawa

Minken Karasawa

Nobuo Kawai

Nobuo Kawai

Shimoda

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Tsukie Matsuura

Tsukie Matsuura

Old Woman

Masahiko Naruse

Masahiko Naruse

Okitomo Tamuna

Yukio Ninagawa

Yukio Ninagawa

Kamikaze pilot

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Yamaoka

Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa

Executive Kihara

Yūzaburō Sakaguchi

Yūzaburō Sakaguchi

Kamikaze pilot

Seishiro Sawamura

Seishiro Sawamura

Shichisaburo

Miki Shimamura

Miki Shimamura

Jyujiro

Kinjirô Tooyama

Kinjirô Tooyama

Shunya Wazaki

Shunya Wazaki

Kei Yamamoto

Kei Yamamoto

Kazuma Noda

Midori Yamamoto

Midori Yamamoto

Hatsuko

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Kitazawa

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