A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963)

9.5/10 85 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Harima Aoyama

Yukiko Fuji

Okiku

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shindo Genjiro

Yutaka Nakamura

Sawa Mondo

Jūrō Sasa

Yoshimatsu

Jun'ichirō Narita

Tonosuke Kondo

Eijirō Yanagi

Matsudaira Izu no kami

Chitose Maki

Osen

Ikuko Mōri

Usugumo Tayu

Yoshi Katō

Makino Bingo no kami

Hiroshi Nawa

Maeda Kaga no kami

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Yokota Bitchu no kami

Ichirō Sugai

Hikozaemon Okubo

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Okuhira Daizen dayu

Saburo Date

Kobotoke Kodaira

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