The Betrayal

IMDb 6.2 1966 87 min ActionDrama

Director

Tokuzō Tanaka

Country

JP

Plot Summary

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a ronin, if not hunted down and killed.

Top Cast

Raizō Ichikawa
Raizō Ichikawa Kobuse Takuma
Kaoru Yachigusa
Kaoru Yachigusa Namie
Shiho Fujimura
Shiho Fujimura Shino
Ichirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani Jurota Makabe
Ryūtarō Gomi
Ryūtarō Gomi