
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Romance · Drama
Overview
The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous Gate of Hell (1953).
Top Cast


Kazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Kazuo Hasegawa
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso


Machiko Kyō
Machiko Kyō
Tomoe
Machiko Kyō
Tomoe


Fujiko Yamamoto
Fujiko Yamamoto
Fujiko Yamamoto


Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine


Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura


Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō


Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō


Toyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
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