The Betrayal
(1966)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 19 votes
Year: 1966
Runtime: 87 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 田中徳三
Cast: 市川雷蔵, 八千草薫, 藤村志保, 中谷一郎, 五味龍太郎, Такэтоси Найто, 藤岡琢也, Асао Утида, Ёси Като, 戸田皓久
Plot
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a ronin, if not hunted down and killed.