The Golden Demon

Mar 21, 1954

1h 35m

★ 0.0

Overview

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Kan-ichi

Jun Negami

Miya

Fujiko Yamamoto

Arao

Kenji Sugawara

Akagashi

Mitsuko Mito

Tomiyama

Eiji Funakoshi

Mrs. Minowa

Shizue Natsukawa

Tose

Kumeko Urabe

Shigisawa

Kinzō Shin

Shigisawa's wife

Chikako Hosokawa

Wanibuchi

Shiko Saito

Mr. Minowa

Teppei Endō

Kamata

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