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Minamoto Yoshitsune (1955)
Directed by Ryō Hagiwara
Drama, History · 1h 40m
A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action of the first part takes place in the late Heian period, when the Taira clan came to power, and Genji was oppressed. The great dream and ambitions of Genkuro Yoshitsune in his youth are depicted, he joins forces with his older brother Yoritomo to raise an army to defeat the Taira clan, and the second part depicts the fall of the clan, persecution and murder.
Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Hitomi Nakahara
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Isuzu Yamada
Eitarō Ozawa
Chiaki Tsukioka
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Kensaku Hara
Ushio Akashi
Daijiro Natsukawa
Crew
- Director
- Ryō Hagiwara
- Screenplay
- Fuji Yahiro
- Novel
- Genzō Murakami
Details
- Original title
- 源義経
- Release date
- 1955-07-30
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company