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The Broken Commandment (1962)

The Broken Commandment (1962)

Drama
Release Date: 1962, April 6
Directors: Kon Ichikawa
Countries: Japan
Production: Daiei Film
Cast: Seiji Miyaguchi, Rentaro Mikuni, Jun Hamamura, Kumeko Urabe, Haruko Sugimura, Yoshi Katō, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shiho Fujimura, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi, Raizō Ichikawa

Overview:

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.

Keywords:

based on novel or book racial discrimination discrimination japan social injustice identity crisis prejudice caste system meiji period buraku discrimination