The River Fuefuki
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In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
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Cast
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Takahiro Tamura
Sadahei
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Hideko Takamine
Okei
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Matsumoto Hakuō II
Sozo - 1st Son
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Suzume
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Kichiemon Nakamura II
Yasuzo - 2nd Son
Known for
Kuroneko
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Shinji Tanaka
Heikichi - 3rd Son
Known for
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Shima Iwashita
Ume - Daughter
Known for
Harakiri
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Michiko Araki
Tatsu
Known for
Gate of Hell
Yūsuke Kawazu
Jiro
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
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Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
Takeda Shingen
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Yoshi Katō
Ojii
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Hachiko
Fumio Watanabe
Known for
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Kuniko Igawa
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Keisuke Kinoshita Director · Shichirō Fukazawa Author Chūji Kinoshita Composer
First release October 19, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 笛吹川
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Original title
笛吹川
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 19, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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