Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

122 mins | Drama, Action, History | April 28, 1963

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.

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

122 mins | Drama, Action, History | April 28, 1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 武士道残酷物語
Directors Tadashi Imai
Writers Norio Nanjo, Naoyuki Suzuki, Yoshikata Yoda

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

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

Ineko Arima

as Maki, Shuzo's wife

Satomi Oka

as Fuji

Kyōko Kishida

as Lady Hagi

Misako Watanabe

as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

Yoshiko Mita

as Kyoko Hitomi

Yoshi Katō

as Takahiro Hori

Kei Satō

as Saburobei Konoe

Masao Oda

as Gohei

Eijirō Yanagi

as Gonnosuke Shizuta

Shinjirô Ehara

as Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori

Isao Kimura

as Hirotaro Iguchi

Eijirō Tōno

as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

Masayuki Mori

as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori

Kikko Matsuoka

as Sato, Shuzo's daughter

Ushio Akashi

as Chief retainer

Yoshirô Aoki

as Vassal

Michiko Araki

as Shigeno, Kyutaro's mother

Emiko Azuma

as Hori Tamba's wife

Nobuo Kawai

as Shimoda

Tsukie Matsuura

as Old Woman

Masahiko Naruse

as Okitomo Tamuna

Yukio Ninagawa

as Kamikaze pilot

Kō Nishimura

as Yamaoka

Toranosuke Ogawa

as Executive Kihara

Yûzaburô Sakaguchi

as Kamikaze pilot

Seishiro Sawamura

as Shichisaburo

Miki Shimamura

as Jyujiro

Kei Yamamoto

as Kazuma Noda

Midori Yamamoto

as Hatsuko

Ryuji Kita

as Kitazawa