Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
Director: Hideo Ōba
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Chikage Awashima as 絵島 |
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Ichikawa Danjūrō XI as 生島新五郎 |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as 宇津 |
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Mieko Takamine as 月光院 |
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Kuniko Miyake as 天英院 |
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Ichikawa Sadanji III as 家宣 |
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小林きよし as 家継 |
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阪東彦三郎 as 紀州公吉宗 |
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Teiji Takahashi as 間部越前守 |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as 新井白石 |
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Eijirō Yanagi as 土屋相模守 |
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Joji Kaieda as 秋本但馬守 |
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Kōmei Minami as 安藤志摩守 |
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Akitake Kōno as 奥山好竹院 |
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Isao Yamagata as 山田宗円 |
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Yatsuko Tan'ami as 宮路 |
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Kyōko Kusajima as 梅山 |
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Yōko Kozono as 友音 |
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高木悠子 as 小のぶ |
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Sadako Sawamura as 玉椿 |
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Shōroku Onoe II as 市川団十郎 |
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Shigeru Onoe as 山中平九郎 |
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尾上菊蔵 as 滝井半四郎 |
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市川滝之亟 as 藤村半太夫 |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as 山村長太夫 |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as 清七 |
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尾上多賀之亟 as 津賀屋善六 |
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Mitsuo Nagata as 後藤縫之助 |
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Kōji Mitsui as 岡本五郎右衛門 |
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Yoshito Yamaji as 谷口新平 |
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Shinobu Araki as 老中 |
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Fujio Suga as 仙石 |
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Daisuke Katō as 井口 |
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Tomiemon Otomo as 吉宗の家臣 |
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Jinichi Amano as 津雲 |
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Rintarō Fujima as 阿部豊後守 |
| Writing | Takao Yanai | Adaptation |
| Writing | Seiichi Funahashi | Original Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Costume Design |
| Crew | 高村潔 | Production Controller |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Art Direction |
| Sound | 福安賢洋 | Recording Supervision |
| Production | 白井和夫 | Producer |
| Directing | Hideo Ōba | Director |
| Lighting | 市瀬与一郎 | Gaffer |
| Lighting | 村田政雄 | Gaffer |
| Camera | Hideo Ishimoto | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masayoshi Ikeda | Original Music Composer |
