Sonno Joi (1927)
For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took the direct approach that the Dutch had been unwilling to take, the ruling Shogun knew that the dynasty was over. As the shogun began to open up to the outside world, the Sonno Joi movement called for this to be reversed...
Director:
Tomiyasu Ikeda
Writer:
Tomiyasu Ikeda
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as |
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Tamitaro Onoe as |
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Haruko Sawamura as |
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Kaichi Yamamoto as Tokugawa Nariaki |
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Jūrō Tanizaki as |
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Tokihiko Okada as |
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Takeo Katsura as |
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Kōichi Katsuragi as |
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Shirō Niizuma as |
| Writing | Tomiyasu Ikeda | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tomiyasu Ikeda | Director |