CinemaOSMovie · 2022

The Broken Commandment

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.

72%(8)IMDbDramaHistory

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.

Directed byKazuo Maeda

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Status
Released
Language
JA
Released
July 8, 2022
Studios
Toei CompanyToei Studios Kyoto

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Anna Ishii

Anna Ishii

Shiho

Shotaro Mamiya

Shotaro Mamiya

Ushimatsu Segawa

Yuma Yamoto

Yuma Yamoto

Kazuya Takahashi

Kazuya Takahashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Kô Nanase

Kô Nanase

Shunsuke Daitoh

Shunsuke Daitoh

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Creative team
Directed by
Kazuo Maeda
Written by
Norio Kida
Masato Katō
Masato Katō
Produced by
Kazuo Kato
Gaku Kawasaki

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