A Samurai’s Lie: Beloved Wife

Isozoemon (Go Kato) was a ronin (masterless samurai) and broke, who lived in a Choya (cheap apartment) in Okazakijoka town with his sick wife, Sugie (Ai Kanzaki). He was also a good swordsman who had taught swordsmanship in Akita a long time ago. He takes such good care of his wife that he is called a wife-loving man. He got involved in a conflict for succession because he pretended to become an officer to please her wife.

• Release date
• December 25, 1981
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Masahiro Takase

Cast

Gō Katō Isozoemon Ai Kanzaki Asao Uchida Tonpei Hidari Yōsuke Kondō Shinji Ogawa Manko Kurenai Shun Ueda