The Day Before (1939)
A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.
Director: Ryō Hagiwara
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Chōjūrō Kawarasaki as Sentaro Takikawa |
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Kan'emon Nakamura as Hikotaro |
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Isuzu Yamada as Osaki |
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Sachiko Chiba as Yoshie Todo |
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Hideko Takamine as Otsu |
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Tamae Kiyokawa as Omasa |
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Sukezō Sukedakaya as Hikobei |
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Tsuruzo Nakamura as Tokubei |
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Kosaburō Tachibana as Toma Yasuda |
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Sensho Ichikawa as Kyohei Matsunaga |
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Yoshizaburo Arashi as Kiemon Yanagiya |
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Toshio Arashi as |
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Minoru Bando as Toshimaro Yoshida |
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Chōemon Bandō as Teizo Miyabe |
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Ebizaburo Ichikawa as |
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Enji Ichikawa as Shobei Mogi |
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Iwagoro Ichikawa as |
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Kikunosuke Ichikawa as |
| Writing | Sadao Yamanaka | Story |
| Editing | Toshio Goto | Editor |
| Art | Yasuhide Kato | Art Direction |
| Writing | Kinpachi Kajiwara | Writer |
| Production | Masanobu Takeyama | Producer |
| Directing | Ryō Hagiwara | Director |
| Camera | Kikuzō Kawasaki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Fuji Yahiro | Writer |
| Writing | Shigeji Fujii | Writer |
| Writing | Seikan Doi | Writer |
| Writing | Eisuke Takizawa | Writer |
| Writing | Ryō Hagiwara | Writer |
| Writing | Hiroshi Inagaki | Writer |
| Writing | Shintarō Mimura | Writer |
| Sound | Tadashi Ota | Original Music Composer |