Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
7.4
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
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Cast
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Kinnosuke Nakamura
Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Known for
Goyokin
Ineko Arima
Maki, Shuzo's wife
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Norio Nanjō
Tadashi Imai
Nobusaburô Honda
Satomi Oka
Fuji
Also in
13 Assassins
Goblin in Stirrups
Naoyuki Suzuki
Hiroshi Okawa
Makoto Tsudoi
Kyôko Kishida
Lady Hagi
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
The Face of Another
Yoshikata Yoda
Tadashi Imai Director · Yoshikata Yoda Writer Naoyuki Suzuki Writer
First release April 28, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Original title 武士道残酷物語
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
武士道残酷物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 28, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
March 23, 2026 · Physical · EKA70617
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