The Kuroda Affair

The Kuroda Affair (1956)

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate, Daizen is forced to reconcile his loyalty to the clan with his loyalty to Tadayuki, who seems dead set on entangling the clan in destructive conflict. The Kuroda Affair’s mise-en-scène is said to have influenced future Toei director Eiichi Kudo. The film also features two of the greatest stars of Japanese period cinema, Chiezo Kataoka and Ryutaro Otomo.

Director: Tomu Uchida

Casts

	Chiezo Kataoka as Kuriyama Daizen
	Ryutaro Otomo as Takenaka Unemenokami
	Eijirō Kataoka as Kuroda Tadayuki
	Kokuten Kōdō as Kuroda Nagamasa
	Kōji Nanbara as Kurahashi Jutayu
	Kensaku Hara as Benzo
	Kenji Susukida as Doi Toshikatsu
	Mitsuko Miura as Suo
	Hizuru Takachiho as Ohide
	Hitomi Nakahara as
	Tsukie Matsuura as
	Yoshiko Yashioji as
	Shinobu Araki as
	Sōji Kiyokawa as
	Yoshio Yoshida as
	Ryōsuke Kagawa as
	Ikkō Ōkuni as
	Hiroshi Mizuno as
	Motoharu Ueki as
	Chie Ueki as
	Yoshiharu Ueki as
	Kinnosuke Takamatsu as
	Hideo Shimada as
	Masao Hori as
	Ryūtarō Aoyagi as
	Gorō Kawabe as
	Kinnosuke Fujiki as
	Koji Arima as
	Masaru Koganei as
	Kōtarō Nirei as Arikawa
	Kazuo Tokita as
	Hideo Higashi as
	Koji Murata as
	Osamu Koganei as
	Katsuya Ishimaru as

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