Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- kidnapping
- period drama
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- feudal japan
- chanbara
- bushi
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Toshirō Mifune
Isaburo Sasahara
Yōko Tsukasa
Ichi Sasahara
Gō Katō
Yogoro Sasahara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Bunzo Sasahara
- Etsuko Ichihara — Kiku
- Isao Yamagata — Shobei Tsuchiya
- Tatsuya Nakadai — Tatewaki Asano
- Shigeru Kōyama — Geki Takahashi
- Michiko Otsuka — Suga Sasahara
- Tatsuo Matsumura — Lord Masakata Matsudaira
- Masao Mishima — Sanzaemon Yanase
- Jun Hamamura — Hyoemon Shiomi
- Takamaru Sasaki — Kenmotsu Sasahara
- Hideo Fukuhara — Sahei
- Tetsuko Kobayashi — Otama
- Directed
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Written
- Shinobu Hashimoto
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 270 ratings
- Studio
- TOHO, Mifune Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
