Film

Japan Samurai: Niiro Tsuruchiyo

1955 · 1h 35m · Drama

An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the Bakumatsu era, Ii Naosuke. This masterpiece depicts the suffering and love of Tsuruchiyo, who never knew his father until the end of his life. Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of Elder Ii Naosuke, grew up with his mother, a former geisha. However, he was refused an engagement to Yae, the daughter of Samanosuke Yoshimura from the Maeda domain of Kaga Province, to whom she tied her future. After this refusal, Tsuruchiyo begins to be interested in the mystery of his birth…

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Niiro Tsuruchiyo

Yuriko Tashiro

Sanae Takasugi

Kensaku Hara

Kunio Kaga

Isao Yamagata

Kunitaro Sawamura

Shōji Kiyokawa

Momonosuke Ichikawa

Kiyoshi Sawada

Takeshi Kumagai

Kinuko Ōtori

Shirô Wasumi

• Yasushi SasakiDirector
• Tadashi OgawaScreenplay
• Jirōmasa GunjiNovel
• Ko MatsuiDirector of Photography
• Nakaba TakahashiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

March 13, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

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