絵島生島

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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 of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.

Genere: Dramma

Cast: 淡島千景, Ichikawa Danjūrō XI, 草笛光子, 高峰三枝子, 三宅邦子, Ichikawa Sadanji III, 小林きよし, 阪東彦三郎, 高橋貞二, 石黒達也, 柳永二郎, 海江田譲二, 南光明