Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
A dark, multigenerational family tragedy that uses samurai history as a lens to critique blind loyalty and the human cost of honor codes.
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
Essence
Ensemble
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Ineko Arima
Maki, Shuzo's wife
Satomi Oka
Fuji
Kyôko Kishida
Lady Hagi
Misako Watanabe
Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
Yoshiko Mita
Kyoko Hitomi
Yoshi Katō
Takahiro Hori
Kei Satō
Saburobei Konoe
Masao Oda
Gohei
Eijirō Yanagi
Gonnosuke Shizuta
Shinjirō Ehara
Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori
Isao Kimura
Hirotaro Iguchi
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