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Okuni and Gohei
JAPAN · 1952

Okuni and Gohei

Mikio Naruse
revenge honor samurai culture master-servant loyalty journey
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Synopsis

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.

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