The Morning Sun Shines

1929 • Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama, Documentary

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.

Release Date

4/12/1929

Rating

5.5/10

Cast

Takako Irie

girl in the elevator

Joji Oka

(as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation

Kōju Murata

Kusaka

Eiji Nakano

Hayafusa

Ranko Sawa

Asako Akizuki

Heitaro Doi

Kōhei Akizuki

Crew

Chiio Kimura

Writer

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Seiichi Ina

Director

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