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May 1, 2021 · Tadashi imai. Publication date. 1963. Topics. film, cinema, movie, japanese cinema. Language. Japanese. bushido the cruel code of the samurai. cruel tales of bushido.
- 123 min
Bushido, Samurai Saga (武士道残酷物語, Bushidō zankoku monogatari), also titled Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai and Cruel Tale of Bushido, is a 1963 Japanese drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai.
As his beautiful fiancée, Kyoko (Yoshiko Mita), lies in a coma following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, grief-stricken Susumu Likura (Kinnosuke Nakamura) ponders the unhappiness and violence ...
- (3)
- Tadashi Imai
- Drama
- Kinnosuke Yorozuya
Bushido: Directed by Tadashi Imai. With Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eijirô Tôno, Kyôko Kishida, Masayuki Mori. After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes.
- (511)
- Action, Drama
- Tadashi Imai
- 1963-04-28
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.
- (565)
- Toei Company
- Tadashi Imai
Dec 16, 2013 · It's a creative look at how the samurai code destroyed and stunted the lives of those who practiced it, by following several generations of men from the same family down from samurai days of yore to the present day, where such a code incarnates itself as deference to authority that takes away with both hands what it bestowes with one.
In this classic piece of Japanese martial arts cinema, modern-day businessman Susumu ponders seven generations of his samurai family, their codes, traditions and history of stark violence, as he comes to terms with his own place in the lineage.
