Ejima and Ikushima
絵島生島
Release: 1955-10-30
·Runtime: 126m
Drama
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Kuniko Miyake
as 天英院
Yōko Kozono
as 友音
Tomiemon Otomo
as 吉宗の家臣
Shigeru Onoe
as 山中平九郎
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as 山村長太夫
Yoshito Yamaji
as 谷口新平
Mitsuko Kusabue
as 宇津
Mieko Takamine
as 月光院
Isao Yamagata
as 山田宗円
Sadako Sawamura
as 玉椿
Shōroku Onoe II
as 市川団十郎
Teiji Takahashi
as 間部越前守
Kōmei Minami
as 安藤志摩守
Kōji Mitsui
as 岡本五郎右衛門
Chikage Awashima
as 絵島
Eijirō Yanagi
as 土屋相模守
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as 宮路
Fujio Suga
as 仙石
Daisuke Katō
as 井口
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as 新井白石
Joji Kaieda
as 秋本但馬守
