Last Days of the Samurai

Last Days of the Samurai

1957 · 53 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, History

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play "Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi", which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.

Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa · Written by Tokuhei Wakao

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Senjaku Nakamura Jurozaemon Isogai
Matsumoto Hakuō I Kuranosuke Oishi
Ganjirō Nakamura II Denemon Horiuchi
Minosuke Yamada
Chikage Oogi Omino
Someshō Matsumoto Chuzaemon Yoshida
Shirō Tsuchiya Soemon Hara
Akira Kitchôji
Seiichi Arakawa
Ryu Akizuki
Haruo Tanaka
Akihiko Hirata

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