A Color Print of Edo

May 10, 1939

1h 5m

★ 7.2

Overview

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes and tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo period servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves. The star of this film, Utaemon Ichikawa, gained enormous popularity for his portrayal of a cheerful and chivalrous man.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Digital Meme

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Junzaburō Ban

Yaeko Kumoi

Shinpachirō Asaka

Chihaya

Wakako Kunitomo

Shōzō Nanbu

Okubo Hikozaemon

Taisuke Matsumoto

Eigorō Onoe

Kōichi Katsuragi

Matsuko Miho

Tarô Bandô

Setsuko Kai

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

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