• Dec 27, 1927
  • 107 min
  • Full-HD

Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode (1927)

The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.

Category
Country
Japan
Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Chuji Kunisada

Hideo Nakamura

Kichiji Nakamura

Seinosuke Sakamoto

Motoharu Isokawa

Ranko Sawa

Ko Yamamuro

Nobuko Akitsuki

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