The Tragedy of Bushido
MovieTitle | 武士道無残 |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Nov 30, 1960 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Eitaro Morikawa |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Shochiku |
Run time | 74 min. |
A 16-year-old youth is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy. However, the following day, an official decree is issued to ban suicide through fidelity...