Night Drum (1958)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 15, 1958Release Date
Night Drum (1958)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 15, 1958Release Date
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Plot.
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
Where to Watch.
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Currently Night Drum is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Rentaro Mikuni
Hikokurô Ogura
Ineko Arima
Otane, Hikokurô's wife
Masayuki Mori
Miyaji, the drum teacher
Sumiko Hidaka
Oyura
Keiko Yukishiro
Actress
Tomoko Naraoka
Maid Orin
Emiko Azuma
Actress
Kikue Mōri
Kiku, the grandmother
Shizue Natsukawa
Naka
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Bunroku Ogura
Tadashi Imai
Director
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Tengo Yamada
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Shunichirō Nakao
Cinematographer
Hiroshi Mizutani
Art Direction
Mitsuharu Hirata
Lighting Technician
Masatoshi Kuga
Sound Recordist
Akikazu Kono
Editor
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kōshirō Harada
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Yanagi
Someshō Matsumoto
Jun Hamamura
Ton Shimada
Yoshi Katō
Ichirō Sugai
Taiji Tonoyama
Nobuo Kaneko
Mannosuke Nakamura
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Wiki.
Night Drum a.k.a. The Adulteress (夜の鼓, Yoru no tsuzumi) is a 1958 Japanese historical drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was written by Kaneto Shindō and Shinobu Hashimoto, based on the 1706 play Horikawa nami no tsuzumi by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Film historians regard Night Drum as one of director Imai's major works.
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