荒木又右衛門 (1955)
- Released
- Runtime 1h 59m
- Director Manao Horiuchi
Synopsis
Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed Kazuma's younger brother, Gentayū, and fled. Seeking assistance, Kazuma asked his brother-in-law, Araki Mataemon, for help, but Mataemon refused, saying that it was against the code for a brother to avenge another brother's death. On the other hand, the lord of the clan, Ikeda Tadao, ordered a search for Matagorō, who was found to be sheltered by the Hatamoto, including Andō Jiemon, in Edo. Tadao was furious but unable to act. Matagorō, in Edo, came to regret his birth as a samurai. He met and fell in love with Okō, a bathhouse maid. As the discord between the Hatamoto and the Ikeda clan deepened, Tadao died of illness. Seizing the opportunity to ease the conflict, the shogunate ordered the Ikeda clan to be succeeded by the young lord Katsugorō and to relocate to the Ikeda clan of Inshū Tottori. Meanwhile, Matagorō was exiled from Edo.
Cast
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Matsumoto Hakuō I
as 荒木又右衛門
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Isuzu Yamada
as 妻みね
- Nakamura Jakuemon IV as 渡辺数馬
- Hiroko Nanaura as 許婚美乃
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Minoru Ōki
as 河合又五郎
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Yukiko Shimazaki
as 湯女おこう
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Eitarō Ozawa
as 河合甚左衛門
- Hideaki Nagai as 池田宮内少輔忠雄
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Ryōsuke Kagawa
as 荒尾但馬
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Kinzō Shin
as 津田豊後
- Shinji Takano as 多田利七郎
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Matsumoto Hakuō II
as 渡辺源太夫
- Akio Satake as 松平伊豆守
- Mitsugu Terashima as 酒井雅楽守
- Kenji Nagata as 土井大炊守
- Mitsuo Nagata as 山名内膳正
- Shinobu Araki as 河合半左衛門
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Keijirō Morozumi
as 仲間和吉
Crew
- Manao Horiuchi Director
- Haruo Takeno Director of Photography
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Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
- 白井和夫 Producer