Bushidô zankoku monogatari (1963)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Tadashi Imai

Writers:

Norio Nanjo (story)
Naoyuki Suzuki (writer)

Release Date:

28 April 1963 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura	...	Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Eijirô Tono	...	Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Masayuki Mori	...	Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
Kyôko Kishida	...	Lady Hagi
Shinjiro Ebara	...	Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori
Yoshiko Mita	...	Kyoko Hitomi
Ineko Arima	...	Maki, Shuzo's wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michiko Araki	...	Shigeno, Kyutaro's mother
Emiko Azuma	...	Hori Tamba's wife
Yoshi Kato	...	Takahiro Hori
Choichiro Kawarazaki	...	Young man at village
Isao Kimura	...	Hirotaro Iguchi
Kikko Matsuoka	...	Sato, Shuzo's daughter
Kô Nishimura	...	Yamaoka
Masao Oda	...	Gohei
Satomi Oka	...	Fuji
Kei Sato	...	Saburobei Konoe
Misako Watanabe	...	Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
Kei Yamamoto	...	Kazuma Noda
Eijirô Yanagi	...	Gonnosuke Shizuta

Also Known As:

Bushido (USA)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (International: English title)
Cruel Story of the Samurai's Way (International: English title)
Cruel Tales of Bushido (International: English title)
The Oath of Obedience (International: English title)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Toei Company

What is the system of modernity?

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

(At first, sorry for my poor English.) I should confess about this movie, yes, I watched this movie by mistake. I thought "Bushidô zankoku monogatari" was action movie. This movie is about samurai, but there is almost no action. There is a cruel system of society.

During about 7 generations, a samurai family has shown their loyalty to their bosses. Even the time is changed, the boss is changed, but their loyalty isn't changed - because the system which eat up the loyalty of followers isn't changed.

"Bushidô.." tell us the the 'modern' times is just a illusion. Boss-follower system has always been everywhere-every time and has dominated us. And even the system has hypnotize us the loyalty is precious for public, social society. Even the modern times is not modern, just a same old crap for sustain the system of sucking-loyalty-monsters.

"Bushidô.." is not just about Japan. It's about all illusions of system, modernity and loyalty. So, this movie is one of my best "horror" film. (just a half joke)