Last Days of the Samurai
1957
53 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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
Shin Morikawa