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Conquest is a film of genre Drama directed by Kaneto Shindō with Nobuko Otowa
Conquest (1965)
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Add to a movie listAkuto (悪党, Akutō, literally "bad man") is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindo starring Kyoko Kishida. It is based on a story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.
Synopsis
A bad man ("Akuto") wants to sleep with a woman (Kyoko Kishida). He spies on her with the help of Jiju (Nobuko Otowa). Then the woman's husband Rokuro decides to leave the court. He initially tells his wife to stay behind. The bad guy intends to sleep with the woman but she goes with her husband. Jiju leaves with them. The bad man orders his soldiers to follow them, and kill everyone except the woman. The bad man's soldiers catch up with them. One by one each of them combats the soldiers and dies, until finally only Rokuro is left. He fights bravely but is overwhelmed and finally dies.Actors
Nobuko Otowa
(Jiju)
Kyōko Kishida
(Kaoyo)
Eitarō Ozawa
(Moronao)
Isao Kimura
(Inspector Enya)
Jūkichi Uno
Taiji Tonoyama
(Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura)
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