Poppy (1935)
Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. However, she becomes enamoured with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono himself is bound by an engagement to Sayoko, daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Yukichi Iwata as Tomotaka Inoue |
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Kasuke Koizumi as Land owner |
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Kuniko Miyake as Fujio Kono |
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Daijiro Natsukawa as Hajime Munechika |
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Tōichirō Negishi as Asai |
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Ayako Nijo as Itoko |
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Kazuyoshi Takeda as Kingo Kono |
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Mitsugu Terashima as Munechika's father |
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Ichirō Tsukida as Seizo Ono |
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Yōko Umemura as Fujio's mother |
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Chiyoko Ôkura as Sayako Inoue |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Writing | Natsume Sōseki | Author |
| Writing | Haruo Takayanagi | Writer |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Editing | Tazuko Sakane | Editor |
| Art | Goro Hisamitsu | Production Design |
| Art | Hichiro Nishi | Production Design |
| Art | Gonshiro Saito | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daizaburo Nakamura | Costume Design |
| Writing | Daisuke Itō | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeko Ishii | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ishitaro Takagi | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Ishitaro Takagi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tazuko Sakane | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Haruto Sato | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Terakado Seikichi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kōichi Takagi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yasumi Mizuguchi | Sound Director |
| Sound | Tatsuki Murita | Sound Director |
| Sound | Yosinosuke Takeuchi | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Tatsuro Horikoshi | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Yoshinosuke Kitanishi | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Haruo Takeno | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ozasa Shôjirô | Costume Design |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |