Overview
A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Sadao YamanakaStory
- Kinpachi KajiwaraWriter
- Seikan DoiWriter
- Shigeji FujiiWriter
- Ryō HagiwaraWriter
- Hiroshi InagakiWriter
- Original title
- その前夜
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 20, 1939
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Chōjūrō KawarasakiSentaro Takikawa
Kan'emon NakamuraHikotaro
Isuzu YamadaOsaki
Sachiko ChibaYoshie Todo
Hideko TakamineOtsu
Tamae KiyokawaOmasa- Sukezō SukedakayaHikobei
- Tsuruzo NakamuraTokubei
- Kosaburō TachibanaToma Yasuda
- Sensho IchikawaKyohei Matsunaga
- Yoshizaburo ArashiKiemon Yanagiya
- Toshio Arashi
- Minoru BandoToshimaro Yoshida
- Chōemon BandōTeizo Miyabe
- Ebizaburo Ichikawa
- Enji IchikawaShobei Mogi
- Iwagoro Ichikawa
- Kikunosuke Ichikawa
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