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The River Fuefuki
1960 • 1h 57m • ★ 7.5 (12 votes) Released
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.
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Screenplay
Keisuke Kinoshita
Rating
7.5
Runtime
117 min
Production
ShochikuTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
samuraicivil warbased on novel or bookriverpeasantbridgefamily relationshipsperiod dramafeudal lordfeudal japanspanning generations
