Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

2h 2m

7.0(23 votes)

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After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

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40 members

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萬屋錦之介

Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu

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有馬稲子

Maki, Shuzo's wife

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丘さとみ

Fuji

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岸田今日子

Lady Hagi

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渡辺美佐子

Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

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三田佳子

Kyoko Hitomi

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加藤嘉

Takahiro Hori

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佐藤慶

Saburobei Konoe

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織田政雄

Gohei

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柳永二郎

Gonnosuke Shizuta

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江原真二郎

Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori

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木村功

Hirotaro Iguchi

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東野英治郎

Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

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森雅之

Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori

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加藤武

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阿部九洲男

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赤木春恵

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松岡きっこ

Sato, Shuzo's daughter

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明石潮

Chief retainer

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青木義朗

Vassal

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荒木道子

Shigeno, Kyutaro's mother

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東恵美子

Hori Tamba's wife

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花上晃

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香川良介

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唐沢民賢

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川合伸旺

Shimoda

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河原崎長一郎

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松浦築枝

Old Woman

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成瀬昌彦

Okitomo Tamuna

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蜷川幸雄

Kamikaze pilot

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西村晃

Yamaoka

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小川虎之助

Executive Kihara

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坂口祐三郎

Kamikaze pilot

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Seishiro Sawamura

Shichisaburo

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Miki Shimamura

Jyujiro

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遠山金次郎

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和崎俊哉

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山本圭

Kazuma Noda

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山本緑

Hatsuko

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北竜二

Kitazawa

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