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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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.

Cast

Anna Ishii actor Shotaro Mamiya actor Yuma Yamoto actor

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Kazuya Takahashi actor

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Ayako Kobayashi actor

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Kō Nanase actor

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Shunsuke Daitoh actor Naoto Takenaka actor

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Hirotarō Honda actor Yoji Tanaka actor Renji Ishibashi actor Hidekazu Mashima actor

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Yoshitaka Nakamura actor