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Sake to Onna to Yari
JAPAN · 1960

Sake to Onna to Yari

Tomu Uchida
samurai redemption kabuki theatre romance and courtship harakiri and honor second chances at life
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Synopsis

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of the two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.

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