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A Samurai’s Lie: Beloved Wife

  • December 1981
  • 1hr

    31mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Masahiro Takase,

    Starring

    Gō Katō,

    Ai Kanzaki,

    Asao Uchida,

    Tonpei Hidari

    ...

    Isozoemon (Go Kato) was a ronin (masterless samurai) and broke, who lived in a Choya (cheap apartment) in Okazakijoka town with his sick wife, Sugie (Ai Kanzaki). He was also a good swordsman who had taught swordsmanship in Akita a long time ago. He takes such good care of his wife that he is called a wife-loving man. He got involved in a conflict for succession because he pretended to become an officer to please her wife.