61 minutes of fog, betrayal, and kabuki legends cutting throats in the dark.
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Acting
Kanjūrō Arashi's kabuki-trained stillness — terrifying economy of movement.
Cinematography
Fog as moral atmosphere; you can barely see the killings coming.
Director
Kiyoshi Saeki
Kanjūrō Arashi
Ôhara Yûgaku
Kan Ishii
Shôya Shôuemon
Bokuzen Hidari
Peasant
Sonosuke Sawamura
Peasant Inokichi
Yūnosuke Itō
Sunosaki Masakichi
Kyōzō Fuyuki
Kazamado no Hanji
Eijirō Yanagi
Sasagawa Shigezô
So Yamamura
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Yōnosuke Toba
Seiriki Tomigorô
Haruo Tanaka
Mekkachi no Katsugorô
Joji Kaieda
Sekiune Shirô
Ranko Hanai
O-Kume
Michiko Ikuno
O-Yae
Reiko Kitami
O-Kiku
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kanjūrō Arashi was a living national treasure of kabuki; this rare film role preserved his stage intensity for cameras that could barely handle it.
Released during Occupation censorship, jidai-geki like this smuggled critiques of authoritarian structures under the guise of 'timeless' Edo violence. The fog wasn't just weather.
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