Last Days of the Samurai (1957)
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.
Director:
Hiromichi Horikawa
Writers:
Ryuzo Kikushima, Tokuhei Wakao.
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Senjaku Nakamura as Jurozaemon Isogai |
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Matsumoto Hakuō I as Kuranosuke Oishi |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Denemon Horiuchi |
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Minosuke Yamada as |
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Chikage Oogi as Omino |
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Someshō Matsumoto as Chuzaemon Yoshida |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as Soemon Hara |
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Akira Kitchôji as |
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Seiichi Arakawa as |
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Ryu Akizuki as |
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Haruo Tanaka as |
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Akihiko Hirata as |
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Shin Morikawa as |
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Itaru Ose as |
| Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Director |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tokuhei Wakao | Screenplay |
| Crew | Kazuo Yamasaki | Cinematography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |