A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963)
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
- Released
- 1963-05-29
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Fuji Yahiro, Tokuzō Tanaka
- TMDB rating
- 9.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Raizō Ichikawa as Harima Aoyama
- Yukiko Fuji as Okiku
- Tomisaburō Wakayama as Shindo Genjiro
- Yutaka Nakamura as Sawa Mondo
- Jūrō Sasa as Yoshimatsu
- Jun'ichirō Narita as Tonosuke Kondo
- Eijirō Yanagi as Matsudaira Izu no kami
- Michiko Ai as Ochika
- Chitose Maki as Osen
- Junko Kozakura as Outa
- Ikuko Mōri as Usugumo Tayu
- Chikako Hosokawa as Mayumi