Last Days of the Samurai (1957)

9.0/10 • 53 min • Drama History

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.

Cast

Senjaku Nakamura

Jurozaemon Isogai

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Kuranosuke Oishi

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Denemon Horiuchi

Minosuke Yamada

Chikage Oogi

Omino

Haruo Tanaka

Akihiko Hirata

Shin Morikawa

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