In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage’s warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro’s pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei’s desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

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Film Cast:

• Lady Wakasa: Machiko Kyō
• Ohama: Mitsuko Mito
• Miyagi: Kinuyo Tanaka
• Genjurô: Masayuki Mori
• Tôbei: Eitarō Ozawa
• Old Priest: Sugisaku Aoyama
• Captain of Tamba Soldiers: Mitsusaburō Ramon
• Village Master: Ryōsuke Kagawa
• Shop Owner: Kichijirô Ueda
• Shintô Priest: Shōzō Nanbu
• Ukon: Kikue Mōri
• Soldier: Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
• Boatsman: Ichirô Amano
• Knight: Eigorô Onoe
• Vassal: Saburo Date
• Meshiro: Fumihiko Yokoyama
• Genichi: Ichisaburo Sawamura
• …: Koji Murata
• Armored knight: Yukio Horikita
• Armored knight: Akira Shimizu
• Armored knight: Shuntaro Tamamura
• Armored knight: Shirō Osaki
• Armored knight: Toshio Chiba
• Brothel armored knight: Hachiro Okuni
• Brothel guest: Shirô Miura
• …: Hajime Koshikawa
• Brothel guest: Tetsu Mikami
• Defeated soldier: Jun Fujikawa
• Defeated soldier: Takaji Fukui
• Defeated soldier: Eiji Ishikura
• Defeated soldier: Tokurin Takeda
• Defeated soldier: Koji Kanda
• Chôhatsu’s soldier: Masayoshi Kikuno
• Chôhatsu’s soldier: Michio Yuri
• …: Sô Funagami
• …: Shigeru Hasegawa
• Prostitute: Teruko Omi
• Prostitute: Keiko Koyanagi
• Prostitute: Masako Tomura
• Lady attendant: Tokiko Mita
• Lady attendant: Tokuko Ueda
• …: Sachiko Soma
• Old Woman in Brothel: Reiko Kongō
• Villager: Ikkei Tamaki

Film Crew:

• Producer: Masaichi Nagata
• Original Music Composer: Fumio Hayasaka
• Director of Photography: Kazuo Miyagawa
• Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
• Assistant Director: Tokuzō Tanaka
• Original Music Composer: Ichirō Saitō
• Adaptation: Matsutarō Kawaguchi
• Screenplay: Yoshikata Yoda
• Idea: Hisakazu Tsuji
• Editor: Mitsuzô Miyata
• Original Music Composer: Tamekichi Mochizuki
• Original Story: Akinari Ueda
• Sound Recordist: Iwao Ôtani
• Lighting Technician: Kenichi Okamoto
• Art Direction: Kisaku Ito
• Set Decoration: Kosaburō Nakajima
• Costume Design: Shima Yoshizane
• Hairstylist: Ritsu Hanai
• Production Design: Masatsugu Hashimoto
• Costume Design: Tadaoto Kainoshô
• Makeup Artist: Yoshiya Fukuyama
• Sound Recordist: Akira Suzuki

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