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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Japanese
  • japan
  • based on novel or book
  • identity crisis
  • teacher
  • prejudice
  • period drama
  • social injustice
  • discrimination
  • meiji period
  • racial discrimination
  • caste discrimination
  • buraku discrimination

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Director

Kazuo Maeda

Produced in

Japan

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Release dates

  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical8 Jul 2022

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The Broken Commandment was released on 8 July 2022.

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