The Broken Commandment

07/08/2022

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0hr 0min

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Drama

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Based on a novel by Toson Shimazaki, the film revolves around a schoolteacher who is encouraged to conceal his lower class background but constantly finds himself struggling with a crisis of conscience.

STORY

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Anna Ishii
  • Shotaro Mamiya
  • Yuma Yamoto
  • Kazuya Takahashi
  • Ayako Kobayashi

    Director

  • Kazuo Maeda

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toei Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese