Social Entertainment / Movies
The River Fuefuki
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
Where to watch The River Fuefuki
The River Fuefuki is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
Cast
- Takahiro Tamura as Sadahei
- Hideko Takamine as Okei
- Matsumoto Hakuō II as Sozo - 1st Son
- Kichiemon Nakamura II as Yasuzo - 2nd Son
- 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
- Fumio Watanabe
- Kuniko Igawa
Details
- Director
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Released
- October 19, 1960
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Studio
- Shochiku
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.7 / 10 from 13 votes
Rate The River Fuefuki out of five, keep it on your watch list, and read what other people are saying.
Open in Social Entertainment