The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 19, 1960
• Runtime
• 117 min
• Genres
• War, Drama, History
• Director
• Keisuke Kinoshita

The River Fuefuki — Cast

Takahiro Tamura Sadahei Hideko Takamine Okei Matsumoto Hakuō II Sozo - 1st Son Kichiemon Nakamura II Yasuzo - 2nd Son

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Shinji Tanaka Heikichi - 3rd Son Shima Iwashita Ume - Daughter Michiko Araki Tatsu Yūsuke Kawazu Jiro