The Abe Clan
1995 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 56 VOTES · DIR. Kinji Fukasaku
Overview
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died. Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon obeyed his former lord's last wish but is now being called a coward by his comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his family's honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in. This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.
Dialogue Timeline — 725 lines
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00:00:03 THE ABE CLAN
00:02:51 his fever does not come down and he cannot even eat."
00:06:06 Teramoto Hachiza'emon, Ihara Juzaburo, and Gonjo Kisuke followed suit.
00:09:49 Stop it!
00:13:25 I'm taller than Matashichiro, I've got longer reach...
00:16:31 That I don't know how to kill himself so I should oil up a gourd and use assistance.
00:19:09 some folks may put you down, saying you're the
00:24:35 Some might say suicide now isn't the same as loyal suicide, I suspect.
00:26:51 What do you mean, peacefully?
00:29:01 on one condition.
00:31:32 Is it because Father killed himself against orders?
00:34:06 He's capable at handling small matters, but doesn't seem to see the big picture.
00:39:39 It's not insanity.
00:41:32 Sir Abe, answer him!
00:43:30 Whether you want me to kill myself, or you want to kill me with your hand...
00:47:08 or your consideration toward his feelings.
00:52:22 Father, who fought battles day in and day out.
00:57:45 Sir Hayashi has made a thoughtful choice, to let you be in charge of the front gate.
01:00:08 We are staying with you.
01:05:44 Our neighbor Lady Emoto is here.
01:09:29 follow the principles of their men until the end.
01:21:11 Out of the way!
01:29:11 structure, which led to this regretful result.
01:31:39 The tombs of the 19 men who killed themselves after