Ejima and Ikushima

Ejima and Ikushima (1955)

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.

  • Release Date: 1955-10-30
  • Runtime: 2h 6min
  • Director: Hideo Ōba

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Cast

  • Chikage Awashima

    絵島

  • Ichikawa Danjūrō XI

    生島新五郎

  • Mitsuko Kusabue

    宇津

  • Mieko Takamine

    月光院

  • Kuniko Miyake

    天英院

  • Ichikawa Sadanji III

    家宣

  • 小林きよし

    家継

  • 阪東彦三郎

    紀州公吉宗

  • Teiji Takahashi

    間部越前守

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