Film

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

1945 · 1h 17m · War · Drama · History

IMDb

6.7

Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumoured, drove the previous champion—Kazuma’s father—to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is very much a coward, holing up in an inn and generally avoiding confrontation. Despite his best attempts to remain clandestine, the locals know of Kazuma’s purpose and an attempt is made on his life. He's saved by Karatsu Kanbei, a samurai who offers to help Kazuma hone his archery skills, though it becomes clear that this apparently selfless stranger has potentially shady ulterior motives.

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kanbei Kanzamon

Kinuyo Tanaka

Okinu

Sensho Ichikawa

Daihachiro

Akitake Kōno

Kazuma Hochino

Fumiko Katsuragi

Hoshino's mother

Haruo Tanaka

Seijiro

Unpei Yokoyama

Tamae Kiyokawa

Omatsu

Kimie Hayashi

Sachiko Mitani

Yōnosuke Toba

Saburō Sawai

Ryusaku Nagai

Tokue Hanazawa

Zenichiro Kito

Taizō Fukami

• Mikio NaruseDirector
• Hideo OguniWriter
• Hosuke KiyokawaProducer
• Minesuke KiyokawaExecutive Producer
• Hiroshi SuzukiDirector of Photography

Release date

June 28, 1945

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

War, Drama, History