In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
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Grave, prestige, earnest and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Machiko KyōLady Wakasa
- Mitsuko MitoOhama
- Kinuyo TanakaMiyagi
- Masayuki MoriGenjurô
- Eitarō OzawaTôbei
- Sugisaku AoyamaOld Priest
- Mitsusaburō RamonCaptain of Tamba Soldiers
- Ryōsuke KagawaVillage Master
- Kichijirō UedaShop Owner
- Shōzō NanbuShintô Priest
Crew
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector
- Yoshikata YodaScreenplay
- Kazuo MiyagawaDirector of Photography
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
- Tamekichi MochizukiOriginal Music Composer
- Ichirō SaitōOriginal Music Composer
- Mitsuzō MiyataEditor
- Masaichi NagataProducer
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