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The Abe Clan (1938 film)

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is a 1938 Japanese historical period film directed by Hisatora Kumagai and released by Toho. It is an adaptation of the 1913 Japanese short story "Abe ichizoku" by Mori gai.

Plot



Set during the Tokugawa period, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo Province, falls ill but forbids his vassals from committing seppuku after he dies. They all defy his request and after Abe Yaichi'emon, the last loyal holdout, also commits seppuku, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son and the new feudal lord, punishes the Abe clan for Yaichi'emon's disobedience.

Cast



*Chjr Kawarasaki as Matajuro Emoto

*Kan'emon Nakamura as Ygobei

*Shizue Yamagishi as Toshi

*Masako Tsutsumi as Osaki

*Emitaro Ichikawa as Yaichi'emon Abe

*Kunitar Kawarazaki

*Kosabur Tachibana as Gonbei

*Shinzaburo Ichikawa as Ichitayu

*Daisuke Kat

*Kosaburo Hashi

*Shimajiro Yamazaki as Gotayu

*Yuko Ichinose

Production



The film is an adaptation of the 1913 short story "Abe ichizoku" by Mori gai (translated into English under the titles 'The Abe Family' as well as 'The Abe Clan'), which was inspired by the junshi loyalty suicides committed by the Russo-Japanese War hero General Nogi Maresuke and his wife on the day of the funeral of Emperor Meiji. The same story was again adapted into a television film in 1995 directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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