The River Fuefuki
movie

Released October 19, 1960
Overview
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.
Cast

Takahiro Tamura
as
Sadahei

Hideko Takamine
as
Okei

Matsumoto Hakuō II
as
Sozo - 1st Son

Kichiemon Nakamura II
as
Yasuzo - 2nd Son
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Shinji Tanaka
as
Heikichi - 3rd Son

Shima Iwashita
as
Ume - Daughter

Michiko Araki
as
Tatsu

Yūsuke Kawazu
as
Jiro

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
as
Takeda Shingen

Yoshi Katō
as
Ojii

Fumio Watanabe

Kuniko Igawa
Crew
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Shichirō Fukazawa
as
Novel

Keisuke Kinoshita
as
Screenplay

Keisuke Kinoshita
as
Director

Keisuke Kinoshita
as
Producer
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Takao Akita
as
Set Decoration

Hiroshi Kusuda
as
Director of Photography
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Yōichi Mitsuoka
as
Hairstylist
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Saburō Iwai
as
Set Designer
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Yoshi Sugihara
as
Editor

Chūji Kinoshita
as
Original Music Composer
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Yuko Nakajima
as
Makeup Artist
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Yoshikazu Ōtsuki
as
Assistant Director