Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
- japan
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- greed
- bigamy
- tragedy
- rural area
- black and white
- ghost
- jidaigeki
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Eitarō Ozawa — Tôbei
- Sugisaku Aoyama — Old Priest
- Mitsusaburō Ramon — Captain of Tamba Soldiers
- Ryōsuke Kagawa — Village Master
- Kichijirō Ueda — Shop Owner
- Shōzō Nanbu — Shintô Priest
- Kikue Mōri — Ukon
- Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka — Soldier
- Ichirō Amano — Boatsman
- Eigorō Onoe — Knight
- Saburo Date — Vassal
- Directed
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Written
- Yoshikata Yoda, Hisakazu Tsuji
Production
- Studio
- Daiei Film
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.
