Punishing hand

Punishing hand

85 mins | Drama | May 29, 1963

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose. Learning this, Harima gets furious suspecting that she can't believe him that much, and kills Okiku with his sword. A film characteristic of tragic love story which ends at a scene where Harima Aoyama kills himself immediately after Okiku.

Punishing hand

85 mins | Drama | May 29, 1963

Punishing hand
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose. Learning this, Harima gets furious suspecting that she can't believe him that much, and kills Okiku with his sword. A film characteristic of tragic love story which ends at a scene where Harima Aoyama kills himself immediately after Okiku.
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 手討
Directors Tokuzō Tanaka
Writers Kido Okamoto, Fuji Yahiro

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

as Harima Aoyama

Yukiko Fuji

as Okiku

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Shindo Genjiro

Yutaka Nakamura

as Sawa Mondo

Jûrô Sasa

as Yoshimatsu

Jun'ichirô Narita

as Tonosuke Kondo

Eijirō Yanagi

as Matsudaira Izu no kami

Michiko Ai

as Ochika

Chitose Maki

as Osen

Junko Kozakura

as Outa

Ikuko Môri

as Usugumo Tayu

Chikako Hosokawa

as Mayumi

Yoshi Katō

as Makino Bingo no kami

Hiroshi Nawa

as Maeda Kaga no kami

Shinjirô Asano

as Shibata Judayu

Ryōsuke Kagawa

as Yokota Bitchu no kami

Shinobu Araki

as Shimazu Satsuma no kami

Ichirō Sugai

as Hikozaemon Okubo

Shôsaku Sugiyama

as Okuhira Daizen dayu

Saburo Date

as Kobotoke Kodaira

Manabu Morita

as Yaroku

Eigorô Onoe

as Honda Kozukenosuke