The Horse Boy
Overview
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchida’s poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class system and launches an indictment of values that favor symbolic objects over human life. The film’s focus is on character rather than swordplay, and charged performances - especially child actor Motoharu Ueki - add to the emotional power.
Release date
19/02/1957
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Shūji Sano
Isuzu Yamada
Motoharu Ueki
Shinobu Chihara
Kenji Susukida
Kokuten Kōdō
Eitarō Shindō
Tsuyako Okajima
Yoshio Yoshida
Koji Arima
Naojiro Uemura
Shigetoshi Yoda
不二和子
Chietaro Kataoka
Ryuji Kazuki
Kinnosuke Fujiki
Hideo Shimada
Reiko Miyama
Namiji Umemura
Satomi Oka
Tsukie Matsuura
Kikue Mōri
Tamami Natsu
Masao Hori
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
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