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The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment

Based on a novel by Toson Shimazaki, the film revolves around a schoolteacher who is encouraged to conceal his lower class background but constantly finds himself struggling with a crisis of conscience.

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Overview

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

Directed by Kazuo Maeda
Written by Tôson Shimazaki, Masato Katō, Norio Kida
Produced by Kazuo Kato, Gaku Kawasaki
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Top Cast

Anna Ishii

Anna Ishii

Shiho

Shotaro Mamiya

Shotaro Mamiya

Ushimatsu Segawa

Yuma Yamoto

Yuma Yamoto

Kazuya Takahashi

Kazuya Takahashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Kô Nanase

Kô Nanase

Shunsuke Daitoh

Shunsuke Daitoh

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on novel or bookidentity crisisteacherprejudiceperiod dramasocial injusticediscriminationmeiji periodracial discriminationcaste discriminationburaku discrimination

About The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment is a drama, history film released in 2022 exploring themes of japan, based on novel or book, identity crisis, teacher, prejudice, period drama. Directed by Kazuo Maeda, it stars Anna Ishii, Shotaro Mamiya, Yuma Yamoto. At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

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