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The Morning Sun Shines

5.5/10

April 12, 1929

25 minutes

Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama Documentary

Overview

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

April 12, 1929

Runtime

25 minutes

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Rating

5.5/10

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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