Night Drum

Night Drum by Tadashi Imai

6.10

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.

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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni as Hikokurô Ogura

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima as Otane, Hikokurô's wife

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori as Miyaji, the drum teacher

Sumiko Hidaka

Sumiko Hidaka as Oyura

Keiko Yukishiro

Keiko Yukishiro as

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka as Orin

Emiko Azuma

Emiko Azuma as

Kikue Mōri

Kikue Mōri as

Shizue Natsukawa

Shizue Natsukawa as

Mannosuke Nakamura

Mannosuke Nakamura as

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko as

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno as

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai as

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō as

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama as

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi as

Someshō Matsumoto

Someshō Matsumoto as

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura as

Ton Shimada

Ton Shimada as

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi as

Kōshirō Harada

Kōshirō Harada as

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