The Abe Clan

Synopsis

A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died. Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon obeyed his former lord's last wish but is now being called a coward by his comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his family's honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in. This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.

Main Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Abe Yaich'emon

Age : 87 | Popularity : 5%

Koichi Sato

Abe Yagobei

Age : 63 | Popularity : 5%

Mariko Fuji

O'ichi

Age : 68 | Popularity : 5%

Keizo Kanie

Abe Gonbei

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Yumi Asou

Tae

Age : 60 | Popularity : 8%

Renji Ishibashi

Hayashi Geki

Age : 82 | Popularity : 10%

Noboru Nakaya

Hosokawa Tadatoshi

Age : 77 | Popularity : 7%

Hiroyuki Sanada

Emoto Matashichiro

Age : 63 | Popularity : 42%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Kinji Fukasaku
Writing	Screenplay	Motomu Furuta
	Novel	Ogai Mori
Production	Producer	Seichi Ichiko
Sound	Original Music Composer	Jun Nagao
Department	Role	Name

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