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Running time | 2,099 meters [1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Morning Sun Shines (朝日は輝く, Asahi wa kagayaku) is a 1929 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. [1] Intended as a promotional film for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, it combines fictional and documentary elements. [2] [3] Only a fragment of the film survives today. [4]
Cast
- Eiji Nakano
- Hirotoshi Murata
- Heitarō Doi
- Ranko Sawa
- Irie Takako
References
- ^ a b c "朝日は輝く". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ McDonald, Keiko I. (1984). Mizoguchi. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 22. ISBN 9780805792959.
- ^ Miyao, Daisuke (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780199731664.
- ^ Raine, Michael; Nordström, Johan, eds. (2020). The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 194–95. ISBN 9789089647733.
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