, is a 1957 color
Japanese film
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...
directed by
Kazuo Mori
, also known by his street name , was a Japanese film director who primarily worked in popular genres like the jidaigeki. Mori directed over 100 films in his life.
Career
Born in Ehime Prefecture, Mori graduated from Kyoto University before jo ...
and based on a novel by
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
was a Japanese writer of short stories, novels, dramas and screenplays. He repeatedly collaborated on the films of director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Biography
Kawaguchi was born in the plebeian Asakusa district of Tokyo into an impoverished family. He ...
. At the 1957
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific. The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954.
History
The festival was first held in Toky ...
the film won awards for best film and best cinematography (
Kazuo Miyagawa
was a Japanese cinematographer.
Career
Born in Kyoto, Miyagawa was taken with sumi-e Chinese ink painting from the age of eleven and began to sell his work as an illustrator while a teenager. He became interested in the cinema during the 1920s, ...
). The film also won a special award at the 1958
Mainichi Film Concours
The
are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.
History
The origins of the contest date back to 1935, ...
.
Cast
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Ayako Wakao
is a Japanese actress who was one of the country's biggest stars of the 20th century.
Biography
Wakao began her career contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group. She has gone on to appear in over 100 feature films ...
as
Princess Kazu
(''Kazunomiya'') was the wife of 14th ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemochi. She was renamed Lady Seikan'in-no-miya after she took the tonsure as a widow. She was the great-great-great aunt of Emperor Akihito, who reigned from 1989 to 2019.
Biography
...
, a.k.a. Kazunomiya
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Raizo Ichikawa
Raizo or Raizō is a Japanese-origin masculine given name. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name or its variants include:
* Raizo Ichikawa, Japanese film and kabuki actor
* Raizo Matsuno (松野頼三 Matsuno Raizō; 1917 - 2006), Jap ...
as
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who became the 9th head of the line of ''shinnōke'' cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871.
Early life
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was born in Kyoto in 18 ...
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Fujiko Yamamoto
(born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She won the first Grand Prix of Miss Nippon in 1950.
Career
Yamamoto was born on 11 December 1931, in Nishi-ku, Osaka, to a cot ...
as Yuhide, Princess Kazu's waiting woman
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Shunji Natsume Shunji (written: 俊二, 俊治, 俊嗣, 舜二 or 隼士) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese actor
*, Imperial Japanese Navy admi ...
as
Emperor Kōmei
was the 121st Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')孝明天皇 (121)/ref> Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867, corresponding to the final years of the ...
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Kuniko Miyake
was a Japanese actress. She appeared in nearly 200 films between 1934 and 1991.
Career
After graduating from Kuki High School, Miyake joined the Shochiku film studios in 1934 and made her film debut the same year with ''Yume no sasayaki''. She ...
as Tsuneko, Kazunomiya's mother
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Eijirō Tōno
was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as ''Seven Samu ...
as Tomofusa Kunokura, Yuhide's father
*
Eitaro Ozawa
, also credited as Sakae Ozawa (小沢栄), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988, directed by notable filmmakers such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō.
Selected fi ...
as
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw Japan's transition from feudalism to modernity.
Born to a noble family, he was adopted by the influential Iwa ...
(as Sakae Ozawa)
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Yoichi Funaki Yoichi may refer to:
*Yōichi, Japanese given name
*, district in Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
*, town in Yoichi District
*, a Japanese whisky distillery in the town
*, train station in Yoichi District
* also Yoichi is a masculine Japane ...
as
Tokugawa Iemochi
(July 17, 1846 – August 29, 1866) was the 14th ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866.
During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of the "re-opening" of Japan to western nations. ...
*
Toshio Hosokawa
is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture. He has composed operas, the oratorio ''Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima' ...
as
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned of his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming ...
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Masao Mishima
Masao (written: 正雄, 正夫, 正生, 正男, 正郎, 雅雄, 雅央, 雅夫, 雅勇, 雅男, 昌雄, 昌夫, 昌男, 昌朗, 昌郎, 昌大, 政雄, 政夫, 政男, 政於, 征夫, 優夫, 聖雄, 利生, 将雄, 将夫 or 眞男) is a masculine ...
as
Sakai Tadaaki
,Keene, Donald. (2002) ''Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852–1912'', p. 43./ref> also known as Sakai Tadayoshi,Meyer, Eva-Mari Universität Tübingen (in German); Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy ...
, the
Kyoto Shoshidai
The was an important administrative and political office in the Tokugawa shogunate. The office was the personal representative of the military dictators Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, the seat of the Japanese Emperor, and was adop ...
*
Kikue Mōri
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*, Japanese educator
*, Japanese activist, writer, socialist, and feminist
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as Honjuin,
13th Shogun's mother
*
Kimiko Tachibana
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*Kimiko Burton, former San Francisco Public Defender
*, professional tennis player
* Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka, German pianist and weightlifter
* , Japanese swimmer
* ...
as Oriko
*
Hisao Toake
Hisao (written: 央生, 久生, 久雄, 寿雄, 寿夫, 尚雄, 尚久 or 尚勇) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese government official
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japa ...
as
Kujō Hisatada
, son of Nijō Harutaka, was a ''kuge'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He was adopted by his brother Suketsugu as his son. He held a regent position kampaku from 1856 to 1862, and retired in 1863, becoming a buddhist mo ...
, the
Kampaku
*
Eijirō Yanagi
(16 September 1895 – 24 April 1984) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1940 to 1975.
Career
Starting out in shingeki theater, Yanagi moved to shinpa
(also rendered ''shimpa'') is a form of theater in Japan, ...
as Ryuan, Yuhide's real father
* Hisako Takihana as
Tenshō-in
, also known as , was the official wife of , the 13th ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
She was the daughter of Lady Oyuki and , who was the head of the branch of the Shimazu in Satsuma.
She was originally named by her parents ...
* Seishirō Hara as
Ōmura Masujirō
was a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan. He was the "Father" of the Imperial Japanese Army, launching a modern military force closely patterned after the French system of the day.
Early life and education
Ōmura ...
*
Ryosuke Kagawa
was a Japanese actor.
His son was child actor Sō Shuntarō. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1928 and 1986. His final film role was in the 1986 film ''Dixieland Daimyō'' directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
Selected filmography
* ''Story ...
as Hashimoto Sanehisa, Kazunomiya's grandfather
See also
*
Suzakumon
The was the main gate built in the center of the south end of the imperial palaces in the Japanese ancient capitals of Fujiwara-kyō (Kashihara), Heijō-kyō (Nara), and later Heian-kyō (Kyoto). The placement followed the ancient Chinese palac ...
References
External links
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* http://www.raizofan.net/link4/movie2/kojyo.htm
1957 films
Films directed by Kazuo Mori
Daiei Film films
Films scored by Ichirō Saitō
Films produced by Masaichi Nagata
Films set in Bakumatsu
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1950s Japanese films
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