The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchida’s poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class system and launches an indictment of values that favor symbolic objects over human life. The film’s focus is on character rather than swordplay, and charged performances - especially child actor Motoharu Ueki - add to the emotional power.

• Yoshikata YodaScreenplay
• Tomu UchidaDirector

• Shūji SanoCast
• Isuzu YamadaCast
• Motoharu UekiCast
• Shinobu ChiharaCast
• Kenji SusukidaCast
• Kokuten KōdōCast
• Eitarō ShindōCast
• Tsuyako OkajimaCast
• Yoshio YoshidaCast
• Koji ArimaCast
• Naojiro UemuraCast
• Shigetoshi YodaCast