Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)

6.7/10 • 122 min • History Drama Action

Overview

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.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

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

Ineko Arima

Maki, Shuzo's wife

Satomi Oka

Fuji

Kyôko Kishida

Lady Hagi

Misako Watanabe

Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

Yoshiko Mita

Kyoko Hitomi

Yoshi Katō

Takahiro Hori

Kei Satō

Saburobei Konoe

Masao Oda

Gohei

Eijirō Yanagi

Gonnosuke Shizuta

Shinjirō Ehara

Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori

Isao Kimura

Hirotaro Iguchi

Eijirō Tōno

Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

Masayuki Mori

Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori

Takeshi Katō

Kusuo Abe

Harue Akagi

Kikko Matsuoka

Sato, Shuzo's daughter

Ushio Akashi

Chief retainer

Yoshirō Aoki

Vassal

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