The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

117 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 19, 1960

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.

The River Fuefuki

117 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 19, 1960

The River Fuefuki
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 笛吹川
Directors Yoshikazu Ōtsuki, Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers Keisuke Kinoshita, Shichirō Fukazawa

Cast

Takahiro Tamura

as Sadahei

Hideko Takamine

as Okei

Kōshirō Matsumoto

as Sozo - 1st Son

Kichiemon Nakamura II

as Yasuzo - 2nd Son

Shinji Tanaka

as Heikichi - 3rd Son

Shima Iwashita

as Ume - Daughter

Michiko Araki

as Tatsu

Yūsuke Kawazu

as Jiro

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII

as Takeda Shingen

Yoshi Katō

as Ojii

Rō Ose

as