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.
Directed by: Keisuke Kinoshita
Written by: Keisuke Kinoshita, Shichirō Fukazawa
Music by: Chūji Kinoshita
Starring: Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Matsumoto Hakuō II, Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shinji Tanaka, Shima Iwashita, Michiko Araki, Yūsuke Kawazu, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII, Yoshi Katō
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 1960-10-19
Runtime: 117 minutes
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