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Details
- Original title
- 笛吹川
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-10-19
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 117 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (13 votes)
Themes
- samurai
- civil war
- based on novel or book
- river
- peasant
- bridge
- family relationships
- period drama
- feudal lord
- feudal japan
- spanning generations
Cast & crew
Takahiro Tamura
as Sadahei
Hideko Takamine
as Okei
Matsumoto Hakuō II
as Sozo - 1st Son
Kichiemon Nakamura II
as Yasuzo - 2nd Son
- ST
Shinji Tanaka
as Heikichi - 3rd Son
Shima Iwashita
as Ume - Daughter
Michiko Araki
as Tatsu
Yūsuke Kawazu
as Jiro
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
as Takeda Shingen
Yoshi Katō
as Ojii
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita