Released:
1960-10-19

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.

Director:
Keisuke Kinoshita

Runtime:
1h 57min

Genre:
War, Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Takahiro Tamura
  as
  Sadahei
• 
  Hideko Takamine
  as
  Okei
• 
  Matsumoto Hakuō II
  as
  Sozo - 1st Son
• 
  Kichiemon Nakamura II
  as
  Yasuzo - 2nd Son
• 
  Shinji Tanaka
  as
  Heikichi - 3rd Son