Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

You're a modern businessman with a cursed bloodline. Your bride-to-be tries to end it all, but the event exhumes generations of clan history. Sacrifice to feudal lords becomes a haunting echo. Imai frames the past with stark clarity. The film lingers on the cost of loyalty.

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Tadashi Imai directed Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai in 1963. See Tadashi Imai's full filmography, where to start with Tadashi Imai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tadashi Imai.

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai was released in 1963 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.