Souls on the Road
1921 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Minoru Murata
Cast Kaoru Osanai · Haruko Sawamura · Denmei Suzuki · Mikiko Hisamatsu · Ryuko Date · Yuriko Hanabusa · Sotaro Okada · Kumahiko Mohara · Minoru Murata · Komei Minami · Shigeru Tsutamura
Screenplay Kiyohiko Ushihara · Maxim Gorky · Wilhelm August Schmidtbonn
Cinematography Bunjiro Mizutani
Original title Rojo no Reikon (Souls on the Road)
6.6
54 votes (FilmAffinity)
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