The River Fuefuki
笛吹川
1960 · 1h 57m · Drama, History, War · Japan
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
Written & directed by
Keisuke KinoshitaBased on the novel by
Shichirō Fukazawa6.3Smart score
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based on novel or bookbridgecivil warfamily relationshipsfeudal japanfeudal lordpeasantperiod dramariversamuraispanning generations
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