The Morning Sun Shines Explained

Studio:Nikkatsu
Released:[1]
Runtime:2,099 meters
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 1929 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 朝日は輝く . Japanese Movie Database . ja . 10 October 2022.
  2. Book: McDonald, Keiko I. . Mizoguchi . Twayne Publishers . Boston . 1984 . 22 . 9780805792959.
  3. Book: Miyao, Daisuke . The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema . Oxford University Press . 2014 . 142 . 9780199731664.
  4. Book: The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan . Michael . Raine . Johan . Nordström . Amsterdam University Press . 2020 . 194–95 . 9789089647733.