The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki (1960)

笛吹川

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

Date of release
1960-10-19
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
War, Drama, History
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita

Casting

Interesting facts

The River Fuefuki is a 1960 Japanese historical drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and starring Hideko Takamine. It is based on a novel by Shichirō Fukazawa.

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