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Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

Drama
107 mins
7.3
1927

Description

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.

Casts:

Denjirō Ōkōchi
Hideo Nakamura
Kichiji Nakamura
Seinosuke Sakamoto
Motoharu Isokawa
Ranko Sawa
Ko Yamamuro
Nobuko Akitsuki

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