---
title: 'Night Drum (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tadashi Imai'
released: '1958-04-15'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-drum-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052414/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Night Drum (1958)

1958 · 95 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 夜の鼓

## Synopsis

Night Drum a.k.a. The Adulteress  is a 1958 Japanese historical drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was written by Kaneto Shindō and Shinobu Hashimoto, based on the 1706 play Horikawa nami no tsuzumi by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Film historians regard Night Drum as one of director Imai's major works.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tadashi Imai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadashi-imai)
- **Screenplay:** [Kaneto Shindō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaneto-shindo), [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Tengo Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/tengo-yamada)
- **Director of Photography:** [Shun'ichirō Nakao](https://cinepixo.com/people/shun-ichiro-nakao)

## Cast

- [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni)
- [Ineko Arima](https://cinepixo.com/people/ineko-arima)
- [Sumiko Hidaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/sumiko-hidaka)
- [Masayuki Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-mori)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)
- [Taiji Tonoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiji-tonoyama)
- [Kikue Mōri](https://cinepixo.com/people/kikue-mori)

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