The Daughter of the Samurai

1h 54m
DramaRomance
5.3

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.

Cast

Setsuko Hara
Misuko Yamato
Ruth Eweler
Gerda Storm
Sessue Hayakawa
Iwao Yamato
Isamu Kosugi
Teruo Yamato
Haruyo Ichikawa
Hideko Kanda
Yuriko Hanabusa
Oiku, the Maid
Eiji Takagi
Kosaku Kanda
Kichiji Nakamura
Ikkan, the Priest
Max Hinder
German Teacher
Nisao Tokiwa
Teruo's Mother
Kanae Murata
Child

Crew

Arnold Fanck
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Mansaku Itami
Director
Alice Ludwig
Editor
Isamu Ueda
Director of Photography
Walter Riml
Director of Photography
Richard Angst
Director of Photography
Nagamasa Kawakita
Producer
Yoshio Osawa
Producer
Kenkichi Yoshida
Production Design
Kosaku Yamada
Music

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