About
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
Director
Producer
白井和夫
Music
Studio
Shochiku
Original Title
絵島生島
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →C
Chikage Awashima
絵島
M
Mitsuko Kusabue
宇津
M
Mieko Takamine
月光院
K
Kuniko Miyake
天英院
T
Teiji Takahashi
間部越前守
T
Tatsuya Ishiguro
新井白石
E
Eijirō Yanagi
土屋相模守
J
Joji Kaieda
秋本但馬守
K
Kōmei Minami
安藤志摩守
A
Akitake Kōno
奥山好竹院
I
Isao Yamagata
山田宗円
Y
Yatsuko Tan'ami
宮路
K
Kyōko Kusajima
梅山
Y
Yōko Kozono
友音
高
高木悠子
小のぶ
S
Sadako Sawamura
玉椿
S
Shōroku Onoe II
市川団十郎
S
Shigeru Onoe
山中平九郎
R
Ryōsuke Kagawa
山村長太夫
H
Hiroshi Aoyama
清七