Overview

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke Ooka, whose shrewd legal decisions became the stuff of legend. Okuma Shirokoya, the daughter of a lumber merchant in Edo (today’s Tokyo), embarked on an affair and was executed after conspiring with her maid to murder her husband. (Source: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/shirokoya-komako/)

Top Cast

Fujiko Yamamoto

Komako Shirokoya

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Chuhachi

Mieko Kondō

Ogin

Minoru Chiaki

Matashiro

Ryūzō Shimada

Tango Abe

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Shozaburo Shirokoya

C

Chikako Hosokawa

Otsune Shirokoya

F

Fujio Murakami

Seizaburo

Ichirō Izawa

Seibei

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Chobei Kagaya

S

San'emon Arashi

Saburo Date