NIGHT DRUM (1958) - REMASTERED
Yoru no tsuzumi - With elegant and dreamlike images, this unpretentious film evokes Japan's forgotten feudal world from the perspective of one Samurai household.
18th Century Japan,Hikokuro, vassal to the Lord of Tottori, returns home from the year’s enforced residence in Edo, he is troubl
The film, based on a Chikamatsu play derived from an actual incident, interprets and expands the original plot to stress the family's collusion with the system as a source, rather than a victim, of oppression.
Director: Tadashi Imai
Stars: Rentaro Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori
1958 - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - B&W - FULL SCREEN - 95 MINUTES
18th Century Japan,
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d by rumors that his wife, Otane, has committed adultery with a visiting drum teacher. Otane had been acquitted by a family council, but the truth relentlessly pursues Hikokuro, and leaves him with no alternative; Otane must die, the family must carry out an official vendetta.The film, based on a Chikamatsu play derived from an actual incident, interprets and expands the original plot to stress the family's collusion with the system as a source, rather than a victim, of oppression.
Director: Tadashi Imai
Stars: Rentaro Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori
1958 - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - B&W - FULL SCREEN - 95 MINUTES

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