Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode (1927)
The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.
Director: Daisuke Itō
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Chuji Kunisada |
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Hideo Nakamura as |
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Kichiji Nakamura as |
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Seinosuke Sakamoto as |
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Motoharu Isokawa as |
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Ranko Sawa as |
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Ko Yamamuro as |
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Nobuko Akitsuki as |
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Kajō Onoe as |
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Koka Nakamura as |
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Hyakunosuke Ichikawa as |
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Katsutaro Asami as |
| Writing | Daisuke Itō | Writer |
| Directing | Daisuke Itō | Director |
| Camera | Hiromitsu Karasawa | Director of Photography |
