Crest of Betrayal
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- Movie: Crest of Betrayal
- Romaji: Chushingura gaiden yotsuya kaidan
- Japanese: 忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
- Writer: Kinji Fukasaku, Motomu Furuta
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Shigeru Ishihara
- Release Date: October 22, 1994
- Studio: Shochiku
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Runtime: 106 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Iuemon is left master less after his master, Lord Asano, attempts to kill the treacherous Lord Kira and out of desperation and due to the extreme poverty he now lives in, poisons his wife Oiwa and marries the daughter of one of Lord Kira's men. This comes back, literally, to haunt him.
Notes
Combination of two of Japan's most famous folktales: "Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan" (Ghost Story of Yotsuya) and "Chushingura Gaiden" (The Loyal 47 Retainers).
Cast
- Koichi Sato - Iemon Tamiya
- Saki Takaoka - Oiwa
- Keiko Oginome - Oume
- Tsunehiko Watase - Yasubei Horibe
- Eriko Watanabe - Omaki
- Renji Ishibashi - Kihei Ito
- Keizo Kanie - Ichigaku Shimuzu
- Masahiko Tsugawa - Kuranosuke Oishi
- Takahiro Tamura - Uenosuke Kira
- Shohei Hino - Kanbei Yokokawa
- Maiko Kikuchi - Okaru
- Hiroyuki Sanada - Asano
- Yuko Natori - Ukibashi dayu
- Masaomi Kondo - Iroi Tamiya
- Naomasa Rokudaira - Takuetsu
- Takashi Taniguchi
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