The River Fuefuki (1960)

  • NR
  • 10/19/1960 (JP)
  • War, Drama, History
  • 1h 57m

Overview

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

Keisuke Kinoshita

Director, Screenplay

Shichirō Fukazawa

Novel

Cast

Takahiro Tamura's headshot

Takahiro Tamura

Sadahei
Hideko Takamine's headshot

Hideko Takamine

Okei
Matsumoto Hakuō II's headshot

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Sozo - 1st Son
Kichiemon Nakamura II's headshot

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Yasuzo - 2nd Son
Shinji Tanaka's headshot

Shinji Tanaka

Heikichi - 3rd Son
Shima Iwashita's headshot

Shima Iwashita

Ume - Daughter
Michiko Araki's headshot

Michiko Araki

Tatsu
Yūsuke Kawazu's headshot

Yūsuke Kawazu

Jiro

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