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Night Drum
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
Where to watch Night Drum
Night Drum is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
Cast
- Rentaro Mikuni as Hikokurô Ogura
- Ineko Arima as Otane, Hikokurô's wife
- Masayuki Mori as Miyaji, the drum teacher
- Sumiko Hidaka as Oyura
- Keiko Yukishiro
- Tomoko Naraoka as Orin
- Emiko Azuma
- Kikue Mōri
- Shizue Natsukawa
- Mannosuke Nakamura
- Nobuo Kaneko
- Eijirō Tōno
Details
- Director
- Tadashi Imai
- Released
- April 15, 1958
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Studio
- Gendai Production and Shochiku
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.9 / 10 from 14 votes
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