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.
00:09:52 We all know Abe asked for a permission to die and was not granted it.
00:13:30 yet we always end up in a draw, every time we have a match. How come?
00:16:47 That's why I wanted you to gather here.
00:19:16 That's what comes with having me as your father.
00:24:45 No matter what we encounter, let's ignore such people.
00:26:57 and provide them with necessary funds if they don't have a male successor.
00:29:51 Well, have a seat.
00:31:47 He says he wants to celebrate you receiving 200-koku.
00:34:23 You're receiving 200-koku from them.
00:39:52 he served former lord impeccably all his life, thus...
00:42:00 However, young lord took pity on him saying it wasn't kind to treat the dead that way.
00:43:43 Even though you wrote up the decision, it was us who signed it.
00:49:16 Brother!
00:54:26 Out of the way! Out of the way!
00:58:10 Excuse me.
01:00:41 Please, we beg you.
01:06:15 This is the house of the rebels.
01:10:20 How I wish I could take you home with me now!
01:24:26 Let's have a duel!
01:29:49 which tells us all what kind of efforts you put in!
01:32:21 It is said that people called him dishonorable and cowardly...