Unending Advance (1937)
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
Director: Tomu Uchida
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Isamu Kosugi as |
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Hisako Takihana as |
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Yukiko Todoroki as |
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Ureo Egawa as |
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Akihiko Katayama as |
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Yoko Benisawa as |
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Kisao Tobita as |
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Bontarō Miake as |
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Ryôichi Kikuchi as |
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Hideo Nakamura as |
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Yukichi Kamishiro as |
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Yûji Azuma as |
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Ryuji Kita as |
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Sanemon Suzuki as |
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Mantarō Ushio as |
| Directing | Tomu Uchida | Director |
| Writing | Yasutaro Yagi | Writer |
| Writing | Yasujirō Ozu | Story |
| Camera | Michio Midorikawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Eiichi Yamada | Original Music Composer |
