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Night Drum

The Criterion Channel

Night Drum

1h 35 min

1958

Japan

7.2

When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the woman's husband blames himself for his wife's straying and attempts to thwart the law demanding capital punishment.

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Cast

Rentarô Mikuni

Rentarô Mikuni

Hikokurô Ogura

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Otane, Hikokurô's wife

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Miyaji, the drum teacher

Sumiko Hidaka

Sumiko Hidaka

Oyura

Keiko Yukishiro

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Maid Orin

Emiko Azuma

Kikue Môri

Kikue Môri

Kiku, the grandmother

Shizue Natsukawa

Shizue Natsukawa

Naka

Kichiemon Nakamura

Kichiemon Nakamura

Bunroku Ogura

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