The Morning Sun Shines (1929)
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.
Directors: Kenji Mizoguchi, Seiichi Ina.
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Takako Irie as girl in the elevator |
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Joji Oka as (as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation |
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Kōju Murata as Kusaka |
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Eiji Nakano as Hayafusa |
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Ranko Sawa as Asako Akizuki |
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Heitaro Doi as Kōhei Akizuki |
| Writing | Chiio Kimura | Writer |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Directing | Seiichi Ina | Director |