Vow in the Desert
1940·Japan·122 min.
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A wartime drama defending the Japanese presence in China. To paraphrase Sato Tadao in Currents in Japanese Cinema (1982): Japan's imperial adventure is mirrored in the romance between a Japanese man and a Chinese woman - between the invading country and the invaded.
DirectorKunio Watanabe
ScreenwriterKunio Watanabe
MusicMasao Koga
CinematographyTatsuo Tomonari
CastKazuo Hasegawa·Ureo Egawa·Isamu Eto·Susumu Fujita·Taizô Fukami·Kyôzô Fuyuki·Koji Hara·Seishirô Hara·Feng Hua·Heikuro Imanari·Kaoru Itô·Teruko Kato·Shoji Kiyokawa·Yôyô Kojima·Takashi Kotaka·Shirley YamaguchiShow all
Original titleNessa no chikai