Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
1955 · 2h 6m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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…
Director: Hideo Ōba
Music by: Masayoshi Ikeda
Cinematography: Hideo Ishimoto
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More like this
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