In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
츠타가 운영하는 야나기바시의 기생집. 어느 날, 남편과 아들을 잃은 리카가 직업소개소를 통해 일자리를 구하러 찾아온다. 츠타는 리카가 이름을 바꾸면 일을 할 수 있게 해주겠다고 하고, 리카는 이름을 ‘오하루’로 바꾼 후 식모살이를 시작한다. 힘들어도 온갖 허드렛일을 열심히 하던 오하루는 시장을 보러 갔다가 츠타의 기생집이 빚더미에 눌려 있음을 알게 된다. 쇠락한 기생집에서 생활하는 게이샤들의 애환을 당대 최고의 여배우들이 멋지게 연기해낸 작품이다. (2011년 시네마테크부산 - 나루세 미키오 특별전)
With one of the busiest film industries in the world, Japan was able to submit several films into competition at the 1957 Berlin Film Festival. One of the best of these was Arashi, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki of Rickshaw Man fame. Anticipating Hollywood's Table for Five by nearly a quarter of a century, the film concerns the efforts by a recently widowed high-school teacher to raise his four children alone. Chihu Ryu is terrific as the central character, while Izumi Yukimura is even better as Ryu's eldest daughter. For reasons unknown, Arashi is often omitted from "official" lists of Inagaki's films.
