Night Drum
7.3
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
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Cast
21 people
Rentaro Mikuni
Hikokurô Ogura
Known for
Kwaidan
The Burmese Harp
Ineko Arima
Otane, Hikokurô's wife
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Masayuki Mori
Miyaji, the drum teacher
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Sumiko Hidaka
Oyura
Known for
Double Suicide
Keiko Yukishiro
Also in
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Tomoko Naraoka
Orin
Known for
Ponyo
Emiko Azuma
Known for
Funeral Parade of Roses
Kikue Mōri
Known for
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
Shizue Natsukawa
Known for
Twenty-Four Eyes
Mannosuke Nakamura
Nobuo Kaneko
Known for
Ikiru
Shōgun
Eijirō Tōno
Known for
Seven Samurai
Tokyo Story
Tadashi Imai Director · Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Kaneto Shindō Screenplay
First release April 15, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku
Production
Gendai Production
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
夜の鼓
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 15, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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