Apostasy (1948 film)

Apostasy
Japanese	破戒
Directed by	Keisuke Kinoshita
Produced by	Koichiro Ogura
Written by	Eijirō Hisaita; Tōson Shimazaki (novel);
Starring	Ryō Ikebe; Yōko Katsuragi; Osamu Takizawa;
Music by	Chūji Kinoshita
Cinematography	Hiroshi Kusuda
Edited by	Hisashi Sagara
Production; company	Shochiku
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	November 30, 1948; [1]
Running time	99
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Apostasy (Japanese: 破戒, romanized: Hakai, lit. 'Destruction') is a 1948 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on the novel The Broken Commandment by Tōson Shimazaki.[2][3]

Plot

Segawa, a young rural school teacher in the Meiji era, hides his burakumin roots, as he had promised his father, who had hoped for his son a life without social rejection. His promise conflicts with his wish to confess his secret to his fiancé Oshiho. Oshiho's father and Segawa's mentor Kazama, ancestor of an old samurai family, has just been forced to retire for plain monetary reasons, thus losing his pension. After prominent burakumin writer Inoko, who Segawa met with, is killed by a group of villagers, rumours about Segawa's descent increase. Put under pressure at a public meeting of the town's people, he finally reveals the truth. With the majority turning against him, including his former mentor, he is forced to resign. Upon leaving the town together with Oshiho, who decided to stay by his side, he is waved good-bye by his single loyal colleague Tsuchiya and the town's children.

Cast

Ryō Ikebe as Segawa
Yōko Katsuragi as Oshiho
Osamu Takizawa as Inoko
Jūkichi Uno as Tsuchiya
Eitarō Ozawa as Takayanagi
Ichirō Sugai as Kazama
Chieko Higashiyama

Awards

Mainichi Film Award for Best Director for the films Apostasy, Woman and The Portrait[4]

References

"Apostasy at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London, Melbourne, Munich, New Providence: Bowker-Saur. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
Magill, Frank Northen (1985). Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films. Pasadena: Salem Press.
"3rd Mainichi Film Awards". Mainichi.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.

External links

Apostasy at IMDb
Apostasy at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[jmdb-1] "Apostasy at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Goble-2] Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London, Melbourne, Munich, New Providence: Bowker-Saur. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.

[3] Magill, Frank Northen (1985). Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films. Pasadena: Salem Press.

[4] "3rd Mainichi Film Awards". Mainichi.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.