Okuni and Gohei

Okuni and Gohei

91 mins | Drama | April 10, 1952

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.

Okuni and Gohei

91 mins | Drama | April 10, 1952

Okuni and Gohei
A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title お國と五平
Directors Masayoshi Kawanishi, Mikio Naruse
Writers Toshio Yasumi, Junichirō Tanizaki

Cast

Michiyo Kogure

as Okuni

Tomoemon Otani

as Gohei

Sō Yamamura

as Tomonojo

Jun Tazaki

as Iori

Eiko Miyoshi

as Mother

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Doctor