whereabouts of the two lovers. Osan and Mohei reach the home of Mohei's father where he reluctantly feeds and shelters them. Ishun's men arrive and browbeat Mohei's father into giving them up. Mohei is bound and left for the police to find the next day while Osan is taken to her family home in route to Ishun. Isan, a rival scroll maker, conspires with Sukeyemon to reveal Ishun's deception. While Osan refuses to return to Ishun's house, Mohei arrives at her family home, having been freed by his father. Osan's brother sneaks off to fetch Ishun and his men while their mother tries to convince Mohei to turn himself in. Just as Ishun's men arrives, the lovers escape one last time. They are captured by the police and confess to adultery. The Shogunate Deputy erects a public notice declaring Ishun guilty of deceiving the authorities and is therefore banished from town, his property and wealth confiscated. While the servants are packing to search for new employment, they talk about Sukeyemon also being banished for his failures in not only keeping a better eye on the property, but also not reporting Ishun's negligence in his refusal to report the affair. Soon the servants hear another parade going on and head outside. The servants see Osan and Mohei holding hands as they are being ridden on horseback on their way to crucifixion and death. The other servants watch the parade and note that Mohei and Osan look happier than ever before. Cast Kazuo Hasegawa as Mohei Kyōko Kagawa as Osan Eitarō Shindō as Ishun Eitarō Ozawa as Sukeyemon Yōko Minamida as Otama Haruo Tanaka as Gifuya Dōki Chieko Naniwa as Okō Ichirō Sugai as Genbei Tatsuya Ishiguro as Isan Hiroshi Mizuno as Kuroki Hisao Tōake as Morinokoji Ikkei Tamaki as Jūshirō Umegaki Kimiko Tachibana as Umetatsu Akamatsu Keiko Koyanagi as Okaya Sayako Nakagami as Osono Awards 1954 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director for Kenji Mizoguchi Legacy In 2017, a 4K digitally restored version of the film was presented at the Venice Film Festival and the Kyoto Historica International Film Festival. References External links 1954 films 1954 drama films Films scored by Fumio Hayasaka Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Films produced by Masaichi Nagata Films set in Kyoto Japanese black-and-white films Jidaigeki films Films with screenplays by Yoshikata Yoda Films with screenplays by Matsutarō Kawaguchi Japanese films based on plays Daiei Film