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In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
Keywords
japan
samurai
based on novel or book
greed
bigamy
tragedy
rural area
black and white
ghost
criterion
jidaigeki
sengoku period
feudal japan
16th century
warring states period
historical romance
Casts

Machiko Kyō
Lady Wakasa

Mitsuko Mito
Ohama

Kinuyo Tanaka
Miyagi

Masayuki Mori
Genjurô

Eitarō Ozawa
Tôbei
Sugisaku Aoyama
Old Priest
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Captain of Tamba Soldiers

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Village Master

Kichijirō Ueda
Shop Owner

Shōzō Nanbu
Shintô Priest
Kikue Mōri
Ukon

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Soldier
Ichirō Amano
Boatsman

Eigorō Onoe
Knight

Saburo Date
Vassal
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Meshiro
Ichisaburo Sawamura
Genichi
Koji Murata
Armored Knight

Yukio Horikita
Armored Knight
Akira Shimizu
Armored Knight
Shuntaro Tamamura
Armored Knight
Shirō Osaki
Armored Knight
Toshio Chiba
Armored Knight
Hachiro Okuni
Brothel Armored Knight
Shirō Miura
Brothel Guest
Hajime Koshikawa
Brothel Guest
Tetsu Mikami
Brothel Guest
Jun Fujikawa
Defeated Soldier
Takaji Fukui
Defeated Soldier
Eiji Ishikura
Defeated Soldier
Tokurin Takeda
Defeated Soldier
Koji Kanda
Defeated Soldier
Masayoshi Kikuno
Chôhatsu's Soldier
Michio Yuri
Chôhatsu's Soldier
Sô Funagami
Chôhatsu's Soldier
Shigeru Hasegawa
Chôhatsu's Soldier

Teruko Ōmi
Prostitute

Keiko Koyanagi
Prostitute
Masako Tomura
Prostitute

Tokiko Mita
Lady Attendant
Tokuko Ueda
Lady Attendant

Sachiko Soma
Lady Attendant
Reiko Kongō
Old Woman in Brothel
Ikkei Tamaki
Villager
Crews
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Tamekichi Mochizuki
Original Music Composer

Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay

Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer

Masaichi Nagata
Producer

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Adaptation
Kosaburō Nakajima
Set Decoration
Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design
Masatsugu Hashimoto
Production Design
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design
Yoshiya Fukuyama
Makeup Artist
Ritsu Hanai
Hairstylist
Kisaku Ito
Art Direction
Akinari Ueda
Original Story
Akira Suzuki
Sound Recordist
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Recordist

Tokuzō Tanaka
Assistant Director
Hisakazu Tsuji
Idea
Backdrops & Posters






