Kagirinaki Zenshin Explained

Kagirinaki Zenshin
Director:	Tomu Uchida
Music:	Eiichi Yamada
Cinematography:	Michio Hekikawa
Studio:	Nikkatsu
Runtime:	99 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1937 Japanese drama film by Tomu Uchida based on an original idea by Yasujirō Ozu.

Plot

The protagonist, Tokumaru, is laid off from his corporate job. Unable to accept this, he convinces himself that he has actually been promoted instead. He begins to show up at work, acting like an important man and embarrassing his family and former co-workers.^[1]

Cast

• Isamu Kosugi
• Hisako Takihana
• Yukiko Todoroki
• Ureo Egawa

Legacy

Dai-bosatsu tōge was screened in a surviving incomplete print of 74 minutes length in the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.^[2]

Awards

Kagirinaki Zenshin received the 1938 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hotta, Eri. Japan 1941. 2013. Alfred A. Knopf. New York, NY. 978-0-307-59401-3. 40.
2. Web site: Kagirinaki zenshin (Unending Advance). 1937. Directed by Tomu Uchida . Museum of Modern Art . 12 July 2023.
3. Web site: Kinema Junpo Awards 1938. IMDb. 2012-10-13.