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.

Cast (36)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Chikage Awashima

絵島

I

Ichikawa Danjūrō XI

生島新五郎

Mitsuko Kusabue

宇津

Mieko Takamine

月光院

Kuniko Miyake

天英院

I

Ichikawa Sadanji III

家宣

小

小林きよし

家継

阪

阪東彦三郎

紀州公吉宗

Teiji Takahashi

間部越前守

Tatsuya Ishiguro

新井白石

Eijirō Yanagi

土屋相模守

Joji Kaieda

秋本但馬守

Kōmei Minami

安藤志摩守

Akitake Kōno

奥山好竹院

Isao Yamagata

山田宗円

Yatsuko Tan'ami

宮路

K

Kyōko Kusajima

梅山

Y

Yōko Kozono

友音

高

高木悠子

小のぶ

Sadako Sawamura

玉椿

Shōroku Onoe II

市川団十郎

Shigeru Onoe

山中平九郎

尾

尾上菊蔵

滝井半四郎

市

市川滝之亟

藤村半太夫

Ryōsuke Kagawa

山村長太夫

H

Hiroshi Aoyama

清七

尾

尾上多賀之亟

津賀屋善六

M

Mitsuo Nagata

後藤縫之助

Kōji Mitsui

岡本五郎右衛門

Y

Yoshito Yamaji

谷口新平

S

Shinobu Araki

老中

Fujio Suga

仙石

Daisuke Katō

井口

Tomiemon Otomo

吉宗の家臣

J

Jinichi Amano

津雲

R

Rintarō Fujima

阿部豊後守

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