A young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste-based village in early 20th century Japan.
Director: Kon Ichikawa. AKA The Broken Commandment / The Outcast
Writers: Tôson Shimazaki (novel), Natto Wada.
Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Nagato, Eiji Funakoshi, Rentarô Mikuni, Yoshi Katô, Jun Hamamura, Shiho Fujimura, Kyôko Kishida, Seiji Miyaguchi, Hiroyuki Nagato, Ganjirô Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Kumeko Urabe.
Cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa.
Composer: Yasushi Akutagawa.
Outstanding, Jon! Rarefilmm keeps getting better by the day!
A great film from one of my favourite directors, Ichikawa. There are many memorably black and white stark images that lingers in my mind. Well done Jon
I really appreciate this film being available. Thank you!