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Japan Samurai: Niiro Tsuruchiyo (1955)
Directed by Yasushi Sasaki
Drama · 1h 35m
An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the Bakumatsu era, Ii Naosuke. This masterpiece depicts the suffering and love of Tsuruchiyo, who never knew his father until the end of his life. Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of Elder Ii Naosuke, grew up with his mother, a former geisha. However, he was refused an engagement to Yae, the daughter of Samanosuke Yoshimura from the Maeda domain of Kaga Province, to whom she tied her future. After this refusal, Tsuruchiyo begins to be interested in the mystery of his birth…
Cast
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Yuriko Tashiro
Sanae Takasugi
Kensaku Hara
Kunio Kaga
Isao Yamagata
Shōji Kiyokawa
Momonosuke Ichikawa
Crew
- Director
- Yasushi Sasaki
- Screenplay
- Tadashi Ogawa
- Novel
- Jirōmasa Gunji
- Director of Photography
- Ko Matsui
- Original Music Composer
- Nakaba Takahashi
Details
- Original title
- 侍ニッポン 新納鶴千代
- Release date
- 1955-03-13
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company