Movie: The Broken Commandment

Top 10 Billed Cast

Anna Ishii
石井杏奈

Shiho

Shotaro Mamiya
間宮祥太朗

Ushimatsu Segawa

Yuma Yamoto
矢本悠馬

Kazuya Takahashi
高橋和也

Ayako Kobayashi
小林綾子

Kô Nanase
七瀬公

Shunsuke Daitoh
大東駿介

Naoto Takenaka
竹中直人

Hirotaro Honda
本田博太郎

Yoji Tanaka
田中要次

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    At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

  • Release Date

    2022-07-08

  • Average

    7.4

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
  • Tagline

    Based on a novel by Toson Shimazaki, the film revolves around a schoolteacher who is encouraged to conceal his lower class background but constantly finds himself struggling with a crisis of conscience.

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  • Languages:

    日本語
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