Apostasy (1948)
- Original title
- 破戒
- Directed by
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man grapples with the pressure to hide his social background in a rigidly hierarchical society. He must choose between living a lie or facing discrimination.
somberintrospectiverestrainedmoralemotionaltraditionalquietly intense
What happens
Apostasy (Japanese: 破戒, romanized: Hakai, lit. 'Broken commandment') is a 1948 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita starring Ryō Ikebe, Yōko Katsuragi and Osamu Takizawa. It was written by Eijirō Hisaita based on the 1906 novel The Broken Commandment by Tōson Shimazaki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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