Tokyo March
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is a 1929 black and white Japanese silent film, originally presented with benshi
accompaniment, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
. It is a classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in modern Japan, depicted in Mizoguchi's typical style. The theme song "Tokyo March" was originally sung by Chiyako Sato
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Benshi
were Japanese performers who provided live narration for silent films . Benshi are sometimes also called or .-Role of the benshi:...
accompaniment, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
. It is a classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in modern Japan, depicted in Mizoguchi's typical style. The theme song "Tokyo March" was originally sung by Chiyako Sato
Chiyako Sato
was a Japanese female popular music singer. She was born as Chiyo Sato in Tendō, Yamagata Prefecture.In 1925, Sato made her debut with the song "Aoi Susuki". She met Shinpei Nakayama, who composed her 1928 song "Habu no Minato". It sold 100,000 copies. Her song was used as a tie-in song for the...
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Cast
- Shizue Natsukawa as Michiyo
- Reiji Ichiki as Yoshiki
- Isamu KosugiIsamu Kosugiwas a Japanese actor and film director.-Career:Born in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosugi first studied at the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925...
as Sakuma - Takako IrieTakako Iriewas a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family , she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as an actress at Nikkatsu in 1927. She became a major star, even starting her own production company, Irie Productions, in 1932...
as Sayuriko