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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.

Date: 04/15/1958
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori, Sumiko Hidaka, Keiko Yukishiro, Tomoko Naraoka, Emiko Azuma, Kikue Mōri, Shizue Natsukawa, Mannosuke Nakamura, Nobuo Kaneko, Eijirō Tōno, Ichirō Sugai, Yoshi Katō, Taiji Tonoyama, Eijirō Yanagi, Someshō Matsumoto, Jun Hamamura, Ton Shimada, Kōjirō Kusanagi, Kōshirō Harada

Rentaro Mikuni as Hikokurô Ogura in Night Drum Rentaro Mikuni

Ineko Arima as Otane, Hikokurô's wife in Night Drum Ineko Arima

Masayuki Mori as Miyaji, the drum teacher in Night Drum Masayuki Mori

Sumiko Hidaka as Oyura in Night Drum Sumiko Hidaka

Keiko Yukishiro as  in Night Drum Keiko Yukishiro

Tomoko Naraoka as Orin in Night Drum Tomoko Naraoka

Emiko Azuma as  in Night Drum Emiko Azuma

Kikue Mōri

Shizue Natsukawa as  in Night Drum Shizue Natsukawa

Mannosuke Nakamura

Nobuo Kaneko as  in Night Drum Nobuo Kaneko

Eijirō Tōno as  in Night Drum Eijirō Tōno

Ichirō Sugai as  in Night Drum Ichirō Sugai

Yoshi Katō as  in Night Drum Yoshi Katō

Taiji Tonoyama as  in Night Drum Taiji Tonoyama

Eijirō Yanagi as  in Night Drum Eijirō Yanagi

Someshō Matsumoto

Jun Hamamura as  in Night Drum Jun Hamamura

Ton Shimada

Kōjirō Kusanagi as  in Night Drum Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōshirō Harada

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