The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment
1962Drama119 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.

  • Kon Ichikawa

    Director

  • Natto Wada

    Screenplay

  • Tôson Shimazaki

    Novel

  • Kazuo Miyagawa

    Director of Photography

  • Hisashi Sagara

    Editor

  • Raizō Ichikawa

    Ushimatsu Segawa

  • Rentaro Mikuni

    Rentaro Inoko

  • Shiho Fujimura

    Oshiho

  • Eiji Funakoshi

    Keinoshin Kazama

  • Jun Hamamura

    Ushimatsu's father

  • Yoshi Katō

    Ushimatsu's uncle

  • Kyōko Kishida

    Inoko's wife

  • Seiji Miyaguchi

    School master

  • Hiroyuki Nagato

    Ginnosuke Tsuchiya

  • Haruko Sugimura

    School master's wife

  • Kumeko Urabe

    Owner of the hotel

  • Mantarō Ushio

  • Ryôko Kamo

  • Bontarō Miake

  • Ganjirô Nakamura II

    Buddha priest

    • Runtime

    119 minutes

    Released

    1962-04-06

    Languages

    日本語

    Countries

    Japan

    Studios

    Daiei Film

    Sound

  • Yasushi Akutagawa

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    629 days ago

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