“Based on a novel by Toson Shimazaki, the film revolves around a schoolteacher who is encouraged to conceal his lower class background but constantly finds himself struggling with a crisis of conscience.”
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
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Cast
13 people
Anna Ishii
Shiho
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Shotaro Mamiya
Ushimatsu Segawa
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Yuma Yamoto
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Kazuya Takahashi
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Hirotaro Honda
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Yoji Tanaka
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Hidekazu Mashima
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Kazuo Maeda Director · Masato Katō Screenplay Norio Kida Screenplay
First release July 8, 2022 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Studios Kyoto
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Toei Company
Production
Toei Studios Kyoto
Production
Japan
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Original title
破戒
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 8, 2022
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