![The Horse Boy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//xe9owCXcLiK2eooa5LDxbmUlt0W.jpg)
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The Horse Boy
1 hour 35 minutes1957-02-19
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A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchida’s poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class system and launches an indictment of values that favor symbolic objects over human life. The film’s focus is on character rather than swordplay, and charged performances - especially child actor Motoharu Ueki - add to the emotional power.
Cast
![Shūji Sano](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2qdwk7i1BE4H3OwpiuDkYiDq1ZF.jpg)
Shūji Sano
![Isuzu Yamada](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3b029DnOGOGBCj9rzg8RQFfYPHw.jpg)
Isuzu Yamada
![Motoharu Ueki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lp7Dd8eszN2PYU8sj0sFx7f8NT8.jpg)
Motoharu Ueki
![Shinobu Chihara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ccKqjl8qtFeMWFDX5NM3zTMSA90.jpg)
Shinobu Chihara
![Kenji Susukida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vsusbylRGa14Dnph2yc2o4zOxdE.jpg)
Kenji Susukida
![Kokuten Kōdō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yYtoQtEf3QntzWC7XRQeJQeGp52.jpg)
Kokuten Kōdō
![Eitarō Shindō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//18A6oRcQeUgFQFhsEC1qa3Vky7n.jpg)
Eitarō Shindō
![Tsuyako Okajima](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//c1wbBPHDimCLCy91m8JloYyRlNP.jpg)
Tsuyako Okajima
![Yoshio Yoshida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j4iN51cDyIygzDkOLR6aCxZXjXR.jpg)
Yoshio Yoshida
![Koji Arima](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3pUQ4nRvp7vsoWuAMawbqHeB6Dh.jpg)
Koji Arima
![Naojiro Uemura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Naojiro Uemura
![Shigetoshi Yoda](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Shigetoshi Yoda
![不二和子](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
不二和子
![Chietaro Kataoka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chietaro Kataoka
![Ryuji Kazuki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ryuji Kazuki
![Kin'nosuke Fujiki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kin'nosuke Fujiki
![Hideo Shimada](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hideo Shimada
![Reiko Miyama](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Reiko Miyama
![Namiji Umemura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Namiji Umemura
![Satomi Oka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ma8FEL0Z2aUfTGtbG8q9vbAHGqd.jpg)
Satomi Oka
![Tsukie Matsuura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tsukie Matsuura
![Kikue Mōri](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kikue Mōri
![Tamami Natsu](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tamami Natsu
![Masao Hori](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masao Hori
![Kinnosuke Takamatsu](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)