Souls on the Road
1921·Japan·81 min.
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A moral play based on a Maxim Gorky story. A typical reversal of fortune, where the person that seems more merciful is mean, and the one who seems mean ends up being merciful and kind. There's a morale towards the treating of others and how would you like to be treated, but with the most melodramatic and tragic consequences. I was really sad when this finished, specially since I didn't understand most of the attitudes that came from one character, that while dissapointed it was still rather harsh and ruthless. The film is a wonder and it's a beauty to see this many advances in japanese cinema this early on. More to come, for sure.
DirectorMinoru Murata
CinematographyBunjiro Mizutani
CastKaoru Osanai·Haruko Sawamura·Denmei Suzuki·Mikiko Hisamatsu·Ryuko Date·Yuriko Hanabusa·Sotaro Okada·Kumahiko Mohara·Minoru Murata·Komei Minami·Shigeru Tsutamura
Original titleRojo no Reikon (Souls on the Road)