Sōhei Kurata

Red Castle Lullaby by Taizō Fuyushima

1960 movie directed by Taizō Fuyushima

A 16-year-old youth is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy. However, the following day, an official decree is issued to ban suicide through fidelity...

À sa sortie de prison Muraki rencontre un jour dans une maison de jeux Saeko, qui joue de façon audacieuse. Elle lui plaît et ils font la tournée des salles de jeux. Mais un nommé Yo, trafiquant de drogue et gangster, poursuit Saeko de ses assiduités.