The Betrayal (1966)
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
Director:
Tokuzō Tanaka
Writers:
Seiji Hoshikawa, Tsutomu Nakamura.
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Raizō Ichikawa as Kobuse Takuma |
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Kaoru Yachigusa as Namie |
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Shiho Fujimura as Shino |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Jurota Makabe |
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Ryūtarō Gomi as |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Matagoro Kashiyama |
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Takuya Fujioka as Funajiro |
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Asao Uchida as Yaichiro Issaka |
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Yoshi Katō as Makabe |
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Akihisa Toda as |
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Kōichi Mizuhara as |
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Saburo Date as |
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Shinobu Araki as |
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Yoshio Yoshida as Gorozo |
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Ikkei Tamaki as |
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Yūsaku Terashima as Sahachi |
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Gen Kimura as |
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Sei Hiraizumi as |
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Kayo Mikimoto as |
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Ikuko Mōri as |
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Shōzō Nanbu as |
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Yukio Horikita as |
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Kanae Kobayashi as |
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Kazuo Mortuchi as |
| Directing | Tokuzō Tanaka | Director |
| Writing | Seiji Hoshikawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tsutomu Nakamura | Screenplay |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tsuchitarō Hayashi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Gengon Nakaoka | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Chikashi Makiura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Akikazu Ota | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma | Editor |