The Morning Sun Shines

Apr 12, 1929

0h 25m

★ 5.5

Overview

The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

girl in the elevator

Takako Irie

(as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation

Joji Oka

Kusaka

Kōju Murata

Hayafusa

Eiji Nakano

Asako Akizuki

Ranko Sawa

Kōhei Akizuki

Heitaro Doi

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