Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
- Released on
- Runtime
- 107 mins
The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.
The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.
Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Hideo Nakamura
- Kichiji Nakamura
- Seinosuke Sakamoto
- Motoharu Isokawa
- Ranko Sawa
- Ko Yamamuro
- Nobuko Akitsuki
- Kajō Onoe
- Koka Nakamura
- Hyakunosuke Ichikawa
- Katsutaro Asami
Director
- Daisuke Itō
