Acting
A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.
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Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.
A man rises in society by cheating, but the institutions in turn take their revenge.
A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku
Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).
