
The River Fuefuki
War · Drama · History
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Takahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
Sadahei
Takahiro Tamura
Sadahei


Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Okei
Hideko Takamine
Okei


Matsumoto Hakuō II
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Sozo - 1st Son
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Sozo - 1st Son


Kichiemon Nakamura II
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Yasuzo - 2nd Son
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Yasuzo - 2nd Son
Shinji Tanaka
Shinji Tanaka
Heikichi - 3rd Son
Shinji Tanaka
Heikichi - 3rd Son


Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Ume - Daughter
Shima Iwashita
Ume - Daughter


Michiko Araki
Michiko Araki
Tatsu
Michiko Araki
Tatsu


Yūsuke Kawazu
Yūsuke Kawazu
Jiro
Yūsuke Kawazu
Jiro


Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
Takeda Shingen
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
Takeda Shingen


Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Ojii
Yoshi Katō
Ojii
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