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The River Fuefuki (1960)

The River Fuefuki (1960)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1960, October 19
Directors: Keisuke Kinoshita
Countries: Japan
Production: Shochiku
Cast: Shima Iwashita, Matsumoto Hakuō II, Hideko Takamine, Yoshi Katō, Michiko Araki, Takahiro Tamura, Yūsuke Kawazu, Kichiemon Nakamura II, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII, Shinji Tanaka

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book period drama samurai family relationships civil war feudal japan peasant river bridge feudal lord spanning generations