The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
A 16-year-old boy is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy and desire. However, the following day, a newly issued official decree changes everything...
Ratings
IMDb7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Eitaro MorikawaDirector
- Riichirō ManabeOriginal Music Composer
- Eitaro MorikawaScreenplay
Cast
- Junichiro YamashitaIori
- Miki MoriNobuyuki
- Hizuru TakachihoOko
- Fumio WatanabeChief Retainer
- Mutsuko SakuraOrin
- Sōnosuke OdaCast
- Ryūtarō GomiCast
- Sōhei KurataCast
- Shichisaburo AmatsuCast
- Haruo InoueCast
- Akio MiyajimaCast
- Shōzō OgawaCast