The Abe Clan
Drama
It is 1641 and the Hosokawa daimyo has just expired. To show thier loyalty, a large number of his prominent retainers perform ritual self-immolation. Yaichiemon Abe is refused permission, forced instead into the vassalage of his lord’s successor. Humiliated and derided, Yaichiemon eventually commits harakiri without permission, which brings serious consequences to the entire Abe clan.