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Ejima and Ikushima
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.
Cast
- Chikage Awashima as 絵島
- Ichikawa Danjūrō XI as 生島新五郎
- Mitsuko Kusabue as 宇津
- Mieko Takamine as 月光院
- Kuniko Miyake as 天英院
- Ichikawa Sadanji III as 家宣
- 小林きよし as 家継
- 阪東彦三郎 as 紀州公吉宗
- Teiji Takahashi as 間部越前守
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as 新井白石
- Eijirō Yanagi as 土屋相模守
- Joji Kaieda as 秋本但馬守
Details
- Director
- Hideo Ōba
- Released
- October 30, 1955
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Shochiku
- Status
- Released
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