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Ejima and Ikushima

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Japanese / 126 MIN. / 1955

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The Synopsis

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.

The Cast

Chikage AwashimaIchikawa Danjūrō XIMitsuko KusabueMieko TakamineKuniko MiyakeIchikawa Sadanji III小林きよし阪東彦三郎Teiji TakahashiTatsuya IshiguroEijirō YanagiJoji KaiedaKōmei MinamiAkitake KōnoIsao YamagataYatsuko Tan'amiKyōko KusajimaYōko Kozono高木悠子Sadako SawamuraShōroku Onoe IIShigeru Onoe尾上菊蔵市川滝之亟Ryōsuke KagawaHiroshi Aoyama尾上多賀之亟Mitsuo NagataKōji MitsuiYoshito YamajiShinobu ArakiFujio SugaDaisuke KatōTomiemon OtomoJinichi AmanoRintarō Fujima

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